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Kth Largest Element in an Array

MediumAlgorithms

Description

Given an integer array `nums` and an integer `k`, return the `k`th largest element in the array. Note that it is the `k`th largest element in the sorted order, not the `k`th distinct element. Can you solve it without sorting?
Example 1
Input: nums = [3,2,1,5,6,4], k = 2
Output: 5
Example 2
Input: nums = [3,2,3,1,2,4,5,5,6], k = 4
Output: 4

Constraints

- 1 <= k <= nums.length <= 10^5 - -10^4 <= nums[i] <= 10^4
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