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Kth Largest Element in an Array

Explore how to determine the kth largest element from an unsorted array by understanding heap usage and sorting logic. Learn techniques to implement this efficiently in coding interviews and enhance problem-solving skills with pattern recognition.

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 ...