[Numpy-discussion] question np.partition

[Neal Becker]

It sounds like np.partition could be used to answer the question:
give me the highest K elements in a vector.

Is this a correct interpretation?  Something like partial sort, but returned 
elements are unsorted.

I could really make some use of this, but in my case it is a list of objects I 
need to sort on a particular key.  Is this algorithm available in general python 
code (not specific to numpy arrays)?

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