最简单的方法 就是把每个元素都转换成负数，问题就解决了。

import heapq
heap = []
heapq.heappush(heap, 1*(-1))
heapq.heappush(heap, 10*(-1))
heapq.heappush(heap, 20*(-1))
print(heap)

输出如下所示:

[-20, -1, -10]

最简单的方法 就是把每个元素都转换成负数，问题就解决了。

import heapq
heap = []
heapq.heappush(heap, 1*(-1))
heapq.heappush(heap, 10*(-1))
heapq.heappush(heap, 20*(-1))
print(heap)

输出如下所示:

[-20, -1, -10]

我实现了一个最大堆版本的heapq，并将它提交给PyPI。(对heapq模块CPython代码的改动很小。)

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/heapq_max/

https://github.com/he-zhe/heapq_max

安装

pip install heapq_max

使用

dr:与heapq模块相同，只是所有函数都增加了' _max '。

heap_max = []                           # creates an empty heap
heappush_max(heap_max, item)            # pushes a new item on the heap
item = heappop_max(heap_max)            # pops the largest item from the heap
item = heap_max[0]                      # largest item on the heap without popping it
heapify_max(x)                          # transforms list into a heap, in-place, in linear time
item = heapreplace_max(heap_max, item)  # pops and returns largest item, and
                                    # adds new item; the heap size is unchanged

解决方案是当你在堆中存储你的值时对其求反，或者像这样反转你的对象比较:

import heapq

class MaxHeapObj(object):
  def __init__(self, val): self.val = val
  def __lt__(self, other): return self.val > other.val
  def __eq__(self, other): return self.val == other.val
  def __str__(self): return str(self.val)

max-heap的例子:

maxh = []
heapq.heappush(maxh, MaxHeapObj(x))
x = maxh[0].val  # fetch max value
x = heapq.heappop(maxh).val  # pop max value

但是您必须记住包装和打开您的值，这需要知道您正在处理的是最小堆还是最大堆。

MinHeap, MaxHeap类

为MinHeap和MaxHeap对象添加类可以简化代码:

class MinHeap(object):
  def __init__(self): self.h = []
  def heappush(self, x): heapq.heappush(self.h, x)
  def heappop(self): return heapq.heappop(self.h)
  def __getitem__(self, i): return self.h[i]
  def __len__(self): return len(self.h)

class MaxHeap(MinHeap):
  def heappush(self, x): heapq.heappush(self.h, MaxHeapObj(x))
  def heappop(self): return heapq.heappop(self.h).val
  def __getitem__(self, i): return self.h[i].val

使用示例:

minh = MinHeap()
maxh = MaxHeap()
# add some values
minh.heappush(12)
maxh.heappush(12)
minh.heappush(4)
maxh.heappush(4)
# fetch "top" values
print(minh[0], maxh[0])  # "4 12"
# fetch and remove "top" values
print(minh.heappop(), maxh.heappop())  # "4 12"

最好的方法:

from heapq import *
h = [5, 7, 9, 1, 3]
h_neg = [-i for i in h]
heapify(h_neg)            # heapify
heappush(h_neg, -2)       # push
print(-heappop(h_neg))    # pop
# 9

如果你想用max heap得到最大的K元素，你可以做下面的技巧:

nums= [3,2,1,5,6,4]
k = 2  #k being the kth largest element you want to get
heapq.heapify(nums) 
temp = heapq.nlargest(k, nums)
return temp[-1]