Kth Largest Element in an Array

Question

Given an array of integers, find the kth largest element in the array.

Example 1

Input: [3,2,1,5,6,4]
k = 2

Output: 5

Solution

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all//Kth Largest Element in an Array.py

def kthLargestElement(arr, k):

    arr.sort(reverse = True)
    return arr[k-1]

# Driver Code
arr = [12, 3, 5, 7, 19]
k = 2
print(kthLargestElement(arr, k))

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all//Kth Largest Element in an Array.py

def kthLargestElement(arr, k):

    arr.sort(reverse = True)
    return arr[k-1]

# Driver Code
arr = [12, 3, 5, 7, 19]
k = 2
print(kthLargestElement(arr, k))