703-kth-largest-element-in-a-stream

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Description

Design a class to find the kth largest element in a stream. Note that it is the kth largest element in the sorted order, not the kth distinct element.

Implement KthLargest class:

• KthLargest(int k, int[] nums) Initializes the object with the integer k and the stream of integers nums.
• int add(int val) Appends the integer val to the stream and returns the element representing the kth largest element in the stream.

 

Example 1:

Input
["KthLargest", "add", "add", "add", "add", "add"]
[[3, [4, 5, 8, 2]], [3], [5], [10], [9], [4]]
Output
[null, 4, 5, 5, 8, 8]

Explanation
KthLargest kthLargest = new KthLargest(3, [4, 5, 8, 2]);
kthLargest.add(3);   // return 4
kthLargest.add(5);   // return 5
kthLargest.add(10);  // return 5
kthLargest.add(9);   // return 8
kthLargest.add(4);   // return 8

 

Constraints:

• 1 <= k <= 104
• 0 <= nums.length <= 104
• -104 <= nums[i] <= 104
• -104 <= val <= 104
• At most 104 calls will be made to add.
• It is guaranteed that there will be at least k elements in the array when you search for the kth element.

Solution(Python)

import heapq


class KthLargest:
    def __init__(self, k: int, nums: List[int]):
        self.pq = nums[:k].copy()
        self.k = k

        n = len(nums)
        heapq.heapify(self.pq)
        for i in range(k, n):
            heapq.heappushpop(self.pq, nums[i])

    def add(self, val: int) -> int:
        heapq.heappush(self.pq, val)
        if len(self.pq) > self.k:
            heapq.heappop(self.pq)
        return self.pq[0]


# Your KthLargest object will be instantiated and called as such:
# obj = KthLargest(k, nums)
# param_1 = obj.add(val)