Medium
Find the Kth Largest Integer in the Array — C++
Full explanation · Time O(n) on average · Space O(n)
// Time: O(n) ~ O(n^2), O(n) on average
// Space: O(1)
class Solution {
public:
string kthLargestNumber(vector<string>& nums, int k) {
nth_element(begin(nums), begin(nums) + k - 1, end(nums),
[](const auto& a, const auto& b) {
return size(a) == size(b) ? a > b : size(a) > size(b);
});
return nums[k - 1];
}
};