K Largest Elements Problem Statement

You are given an integer k and an array of integers that contain numbers in random order. Write a program to find the k largest numbers from the given array. You need to save them in an array and return it.

The time complexity should be O(nlogk) and space complexity should be no more than O(k).

Input:

13
2 12 9 16 10 5 3 20 25 11 1 8 6
4

Output:

12
16
20
25

Example:

Given an unsorted array containing ‘N’ integers, find ‘K’ largest elements from the array. Return the elements in non-decreasing order.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= T <= 100
  • 1 <= N <= 10^4
  • 1 <= K <= N
  • -10^9 <= ARR[i] <= 10^9
Note:
You do not need to print anything; it has already been taken care of. Just implement the function.
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Given an unsorted array, find the K largest elements in non-decreasing order.

  • Sort the array in non-decreasing order.

  • Return the last K elements of the sorted array.

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arr.sort((a,b) => a-b).slice(arr.length - value, arr.length)
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