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package arrayAlgorithm;
public class SelectKthElement {
public static int selectKth(int[] arr, int k) {
if (arr == null || arr.length <= k)
throw new Error();
int from = 0, to = arr.length - 1;
// if from == to we reached the kth element
while (from < to) {
int r = from, w = to;
int mid = arr[(r + w) / 2];
// stop if the reader and writer meets
while (r < w) {
if (arr[r] >= mid) { // put the large values at the end
int tmp = arr[w];
arr[w] = arr[r];
arr[r] = tmp;
w--;
} else { // the value is smaller than the pivot, skip
r++;
}
}
// if we stepped up (r++) we need to step one down
if (arr[r] > mid)
r--;
// the r pointer is on the end of the first k elements
if (k <= r) {
to = r;
} else {
from = r + 1;
}
}
return arr[k];
}
}