find the kth largest element in an array in typescript

To find the kth largest element in an array in TypeScript, one approach is to first sort the array in descending order and then return the element at index k-1. Here's an example implementation:

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function findKthLargest(arr: number[], k: number): number {
  arr.sort((a, b) => b - a); // sort array in descending order
  return arr[k - 1]; // return kth largest element
}
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This function takes an array of numbers (arr) and an integer (k) as input. It uses the sort() method to sort the array in descending order (largest to smallest) based on the comparison function (a, b) => b - a. This function subtracts b from a, resulting in a negative value if a is larger than b. The sort() method uses this comparison function to sort the array.

Finally, the function returns the element at index k-1, which is the kth largest element in the original unsorted array.

Here's an example usage:

index.ts
const arr = [3, 7, 2, 1, 8, 4, 5];
const k = 3;
const result = findKthLargest(arr, k);
console.log(result); // Output: 5
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In this example, we call the findKthLargest() function with an array arr and value of k as 3. The function returns the 3rd largest element in the array which is 5.