原链接https://leetcode.com/problems/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.
类似快速排序,选取第一个元素作为分界元素,快速排序后
s...i...e
如果i - s + 1 == k return nums[i]
如果i-s + 1 > k return find_k_largest(nums, k, s, i - 1);
其他情况 return find_k_largest(nums, k - (i - s + 1), i + 1, e);
当然了你也可以随机选取一个元素作为参考元素
<span style="font-size:14px;">class Solution {
public:
int findKthLargest(vector<int>& nums, int k) {
return find_k_largest(nums, k, 0, nums.size() - 1);
}
int find_k_largest(vector<int>& nums, int k, int s, int e)
{
int i = s, j = e, tmp = nums[i];
while (i < j)
{
while (i < j && nums[j] <= tmp)--j;
nums[i] = nums[j];
while (i < j && nums[i] > tmp)++i;
nums[j] = nums[i];
}
nums[i] = tmp;
if (i - s + 1 == k)return nums[i];
else if(i - s + 1 > k)return find_k_largest(nums, k, s, i - 1);
else return find_k_largest(nums, k - (i - s + 1), i + 1, e);
}
};</span>