Top 100 Largest Values | Dataford Interview Questions

Get the top 100 largest values from a large array.

Asked in the round 1 stage. Implement the function below. Return the 100 largest values in descending order. Duplicate values must be preserved. If the array contains fewer than 100 values, return all values in descending order.

Input and Output

nums is a list of integers. Return a list containing the requested values.

Constraints

1 <= len(nums) <= 10^6
-10^9 <= nums[i] <= 10^9
Duplicate values must be preserved
Return fewer than 100 values only when the input contains fewer than 100 values

Function Signature

def top_100_largest(nums):

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