# Given nums = [5, 2, 9, 1, 7, 3, 8], use heapq.nlargest to print the top 3, then heapq.nsmallest to p

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Domain: Python · Difficulty: medium

## Problem

Given nums = [5, 2, 9, 1, 7, 3, 8], use heapq.nlargest to print the top 3, then heapq.nsmallest to print the bottom 3.

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