heapq_extremes.py

#!/usr/bin/env python


import heapq
from heapq_heapdata import data

print 'all      :', data
print '3 largest:', heapq.nlargest(3, data)
print 'from sort:', list(reversed(sorted(data)[-3:]))
print '3 smallest:', heapq.nsmallest(3, data)
print 'from sort:', sorted(data)[:3]