Kth Largest Element in an Array
CodingPhoneSoftware EngineerReported May, 2026
Examples
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
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
Given an integer array nums and an integer k, return the kth largest element in the array.
Note that it is the kth largest element in sorted order, not the kth distinct element.
Can you solve it without sorting the entire array?
1 <= k <= nums.length <= 10^5-10^4 <= nums[i] <= 10^4