703. Kth Largest Element in a Stream

Easy


Design a class to find the kth largest element in a stream. Note that it is the kth largest element in the sorted order, not the kth distinct element.

Implement KthLargest class:

  • KthLargest(int k, int[] nums) Initializes the object with the integer k and the stream of integers nums.
  • int add(int val) Appends the integer val to the stream and returns the element representing the kth largest element in the stream.

 

Example 1:

Input
["KthLargest", "add", "add", "add", "add", "add"]
[[3, [4, 5, 8, 2]], [3], [5], [10], [9], [4]]
Output
[null, 4, 5, 5, 8, 8]

Explanation
KthLargest kthLargest = new KthLargest(3, [4, 5, 8, 2]);
kthLargest.add(3);   // return 4
kthLargest.add(5);   // return 5
kthLargest.add(10);  // return 5
kthLargest.add(9);   // return 8
kthLargest.add(4);   // return 8

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= k <= 104
  • 0 <= nums.length <= 104
  • -104 <= nums[i] <= 104
  • -104 <= val <= 104
  • At most 104 calls will be made to add.
  • It is guaranteed that there will be at least k elements in the array when you search for the kth element.




 class KthLargest:

    def __init__(self, k: int, nums: List[int]):
        self.heap = nums
        heapq.heapify(self.heap)
        self.k = k

        while len(self.heap)>k:
            heapq.heappop(self.heap)

    def add(self, val: int) -> int:
        heapq.heappush(self.heap, val)
        if len(self.heap)>self.k:
            heapq.heappop(self.heap)

        return self.heap[0]


# Your KthLargest object will be instantiated and called as such:
# obj = KthLargest(k, nums)
# param_1 = obj.add(val)

Random Note


From python 3.7 dict guarantees that order will be kept as they inserted, and popitem will use LIFO order but we need FIFO type system. so we need OrderedDict which have popIten(last = T/F) for this req. One thing, next(iter(dict)) will return the first key of the dict