# Given a list of numbers nums = [7, 2, 5, 3, 8, 1, 4] and k = 3, find the k largest values using heap

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Domain: Python · Difficulty: medium

## Problem

Given a list of numbers nums = [7, 2, 5, 3, 8, 1, 4] and k = 3, find the k largest values using heapq.nlargest (O(n log k)). Print the result.

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