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Problem: Kth Largest Element in an Array

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30 min
Explore the top k elements pattern to efficiently find the kth largest element in an array. This lesson helps you understand problem constraints, sorting order, and apply heap-based selection, improving your problem-solving skills for coding interviews.

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:

  • 1≤1 \leq k ≤\leq nums.length ≤103\leq 10^3

  • −104≤-10^4 \leq nums[i] ≤104\leq 10^4

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Problem: Kth Largest Element in an Array

med
30 min
Explore the top k elements pattern to efficiently find the kth largest element in an array. This lesson helps you understand problem constraints, sorting order, and apply heap-based selection, improving your problem-solving skills for coding interviews.

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:

  • 1≤1 \leq k ≤\leq nums.length ≤103\leq 10^3

  • −104≤-10^4 \leq nums[i] ≤104\leq 10^4