[LeetCode][215. Kth Largest Element in an Array] 3 Approaches: Sorting, Priority Queue and Divide and Conquer

By Long Luo

This article is the solution 3 Approaches: Sorting, Priority Queue and Divide and Conquer of Problem 215. Kth Largest Element in an Array.

Here shows 3 Approaches to slove this problem: Sorting, Priority Queue, Divide and Conquer.

Sorting

Sort the array first, then the \(k-th\) element of the array.

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public int findKthLargest(int[] nums, int k) {
if (nums == null || nums.length == 0) {
return 0;
}

int len = nums.length;
Arrays.sort(nums);
return nums[len - k];
}

Analysis

  • Time Complexity: \(O(nlogn)\).
  • Space Complexity: \(O(logn)\).

Priority Queue

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public int findKthLargest_pq(int[] nums, int k) {
PriorityQueue<Integer> pq = new PriorityQueue<>(k, Comparator.comparingInt(a -> a));

for (int i = 0; i < k; i++) {
pq.offer(nums[i]);
}

for (int i = k; i < nums.length; i++) {
if (nums[i] > pq.peek()) {
pq.poll();
pq.offer(nums[i]);
}
}

return pq.peek();
}

Analysis

  • Time Complexity: \(O(nlogk)\).
  • Space Complexity: \(O(k)\).

Divide and Conquer

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class Solution {
public Random random = new Random(System.currentTimeMillis());

public int findKthLargest(int[] nums, int k) {
int len = nums.length;
int target = len - k;

int left = 0;
int right = len - 1;

while (true) {
int pivotIndex = partition(nums, left, right);
if (pivotIndex == target) {
return nums[pivotIndex];
} else if (pivotIndex < target) {
left = pivotIndex + 1;
} else {
// pivotIndex > target
right = pivotIndex - 1;
}
}
}

public int partition(int[] nums, int left, int right) {
int randomIndex = left + random.nextInt(right - left + 1);
swap(nums, left, randomIndex);

// all in nums[left + 1..le) <= pivot;
// all in nums(ge..right] >= pivot;
int pivot = nums[left];
int le = left + 1;
int ge = right;

while (true) {
while (le <= ge && nums[le] < pivot) {
le++;
}

while (le <= ge && nums[ge] > pivot) {
ge--;
}

if (le >= ge) {
break;
}
swap(nums, le, ge);
le++;
ge--;
}

swap(nums, left, ge);
return ge;
}

private void swap(int[] nums, int index1, int index2) {
int temp = nums[index1];
nums[index1] = nums[index2];
nums[index2] = temp;
}
}

Analysis

  • Time Complexity: \(O(n)\).
  • Space Complexity: \(O(1)\).

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