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Solution: Kth Largest Element in an Array

Explore how to determine the kth largest element in an array by using a min-heap to track the top k elements efficiently. Learn to implement this solution with clear code and understand its time and space complexity, preparing you for technical interviews focused on heap and sorting patterns.

Statement

Given an integer array, nums, and an integer, k, determine and return the kth largest element in the array.

Note: The kth largest element is defined with respect to the array’s sorted order (descending), and does not necessarily correspond to the kth unique value.

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq k \leq nums.length 103\leq 10^3

  • 104-10^4 \leq ...