def nlargest(n, iterable, key=None):
    if n == 1:
        it = iter(iterable)
        sentinel = object()
        if key is None:
            result = max(it, default=sentinel)
        else:
            result = max(it, default=sentinel, key=key)
        return [] if result is sentinel else [result]
    try:
        size = len(iterable)
    except (TypeError, AttributeError):
        pass
    else:
        if n >= size:
            return sorted(iterable, key=key, reverse=True)[:n]
    if key is None:
        it = iter(iterable)
        result = [(elem, i) for i, elem in zip(range(0, -n, -1), it)]
        if not result:
            return result
        heapify(result)
        top = result[0][0]
        order = -n
        _heapreplace = heapreplace
        for elem in it:
            if top < elem:
                _heapreplace(result, (elem, order))
                top = result[0][0]
                order -= 1
        result.sort(reverse=True)
        return [r[0] for r in result]
    it = iter(iterable)
    result = [(key(elem), i, elem) for i, elem in zip(range(0, -n, -1), it)]
    if not result:
        return result
    heapify(result)
    top = result[0][0]
    order = -n
    _heapreplace = heapreplace
    for elem in it:
        k = key(elem)
        if top < k:
            _heapreplace(result, (k, order, elem))
            top = result[0][0]
            order -= 1
    result.sort(reverse=True)
    return [r[2] for r in result]