smallestelements

Smallest Elements

Implement a function that takes a list of integers and an integer count as input parameters. The purpose of the function is to find the smallest count numbers from the provided list.

If the size of the list is less than or equal to 'count', the function should return the original list.

Challenge | Solution

Examples

Example 1

val list = listOf(5, 1, 3)
smallestElements(list, 2) shouldBeEqualTo listOf(3, 1)

Example 2

val list = listOf(5, 1, 3)
smallestElements(list, 3) shouldBeEqualTo listOf(5, 1, 3)

Hints

Hint 1

Use `PriorityQueue` to store the smallest elements.