# N max elements

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Returns the `n` maximum elements from the provided list.

- Use `sorted()` to sort the list.
- Use slice notation to get the specified number of elements.
- Omit the second argument, `n`, to get a one-element list.
- If `n` is greater than or equal to the provided list's length, then return the original list (sorted in descending order).

```py
def max_n(lst, n = 1):
  return sorted(lst, reverse = True)[:n]
```

```py
max_n([1, 2, 3]) # [3]
max_n([1, 2, 3], 2) # [3, 2]
```