Kth Largest Element in a Stream
Given an infinite stream of integers, design a class to find the kth largest element at any point in time in the stream.
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Statement
Given an infinite stream of integers, design a class to find the largest element in a stream.
Note: It is the largest element in the sorted order, not the distinct element.
Implementation of the class should be:
- Initializes the object with the integer and the stream of integers.
- The
add(value)
function appends the value to the stream and returns the element that represents the largest element in the stream.
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