Kth Largest Element Problem Statement

Given an array of distinct positive integers and a number 'K', your task is to find the K'th largest element in the array.

Example:

Input:
Array: [2,1,5,6,3,8], K = 3
Output:
5
Explanation:

The sorted array is [8, 6, 5, 3, 2, 1], and the 3rd largest element is 5.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= T <= 100
  • 1 <= N <= 10^4
  • 1 <= ARR[i] <= 10^9
  • 1 <= K <= N
  • All elements are distinct.
Note:

The Kth largest element is the Kth element of the array when sorted in non-increasing order. You do not need to print anything; just implement the function.

Input:

The first line contains an integer 'T', the number of test cases. Each test case consists of two lines. The first line has two integers, 'N' and 'K'. The second line has 'N' space-separated integers, the array elements.

Output:

For each test case, output the Kth largest element in the array.
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Find the Kth largest element in an array of distinct positive integers.

  • Sort the array in non-increasing order

  • Return the Kth element from the sorted array

  • Handle multiple test cases

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