(LeetCode) 215. Kth Largest Element in an Array

215. Kth Largest Element in an Array

Find the kth largest element in an unsorted array. Note that it is the kth largest element in the sorted order, not the kth distinct element.

For example,
Given [3,2,1,5,6,4] and k = 2, return 5.

Note:
You may assume k is always valid, 1 ≤ k ≤ array’s length.

代码

class Solution {public:    int findKthLargest(vector<int>& nums, int k) {        int size = nums.size();        if (size == 0 || k >size) return -1;        nth_element(nums.begin(), nums.end() -k, nums.end()); // since the element i want is in nums.end() -k position        return nums[size-k];    }};