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Find Kth Smallest and Kth Largest Element

Code

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>

void sort_array(uint8_t *arr, uint8_t n) {
    for(uint8_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        uint8_t swapped = 0;
        for(uint8_t j = 0; j < n - 1 - i; j++) {
            if(arr[j] > arr[j+1]) {
                uint8_t temp = arr[j];
                arr[j] = arr[j+1];
                arr[j+1] = temp;
                swapped = 1;
            }
        }
        if(!swapped) {
            break;  // array already sorted
        }
    }
}

void find_kth_elements(uint8_t *arr, uint8_t n, uint8_t k, uint8_t *smallest, uint8_t *largest) {
   *smallest = arr[k-1];
   *largest = arr[n-k];
}

int main() {
    uint8_t n, k;
    scanf("%hhu", &n);
    uint8_t arr[100];
    
    for (uint8_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        scanf("%hhu", &arr[i]);
    }

    scanf("%hhu", &k);

    sort_array(arr, n); 
    uint8_t smallest, largest;
    find_kth_elements(arr, n, k, &smallest, &largest);

    printf("%hhu %hhu", smallest, largest);
    return 0;
}

Solving Approach

 

 

 

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Input

5 10 3 5 2 7 2

Expected Output

3 7