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TakeLargest

Returns the n largest elements from a list.

$ wo 'TakeLargest[{3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, 6}, 3]'
{9, 6, 5}

$ wo 'TakeLargest[{5, 2, 8, 1}, 2]'
{8, 5}

The operator form TakeLargest[n] applies to a list later.

$ wo 'TakeLargest[2][{5, 1, 8, 3}]'
{8, 5}