Kth Largest Element in an Array

LeetCode

LeetCode: https://leetcode.com/problems/kth-largest-element-in-an-array/

Given an integer array nums and an integer k, return the kth largest element in the array.

1def findKthLargest(nums: List[int], k: int) -> int:
2    nums.sort()
3    return nums[-k]
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We will sort nums, then read the element at index n-k.
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k=4