Get 'n' higher values from 'items'

higher.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

def bsearch(data, key, cmpfunc):
    end = len(data)
    start = 0

    while start < end:
        m = (start + end) / 2

        c = cmpfunc(data[m], key)
        if c == 0:
            return m
        if c < 0:
            start = m + 1
        else:
            end = m

    return start

def higher(n, items):
    """
    Get 'n' higher values from 'items'
    """
    hig = []

    for i in items:
        h = bsearch(hig, i, lambda m, k: cmp(k, m))
        if h < len(hig) and hig[h] == i:
            continue

        hig.insert(h, i)
        if len(hig) > n:
            hig.pop()

    return hig

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print higher(4, [5, 8, 4, 3, 1, 14, 2, 6, 10, 12, 14])
    print higher(2, ["Hello", "World", "Abby", "Th30z"])