One way to find the kth least common element in an array is by using counting and sorting algorithms.
Here's a possible implementation in Swift:
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The function takes an array of integers and a positive integer k
as input, and returns the k
th least common element in the array, or nil
if there are less than k
distinct elements in the array.
The function first counts the frequency of each element in the array using a dictionary. Then, it sorts the elements in increasing order of frequency using the sorted
method with a custom comparator that compares the frequency of two elements. Finally, it iterates over the sorted elements and keeps track of the distinct elements encountered so far and their counts. When it reaches the k
th distinct element, it returns it.
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