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Kth Smallest Element

Contributed by

Ankush Gupta

Easy

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Avg time to solve 15 mins

Success Rate 85 %

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Problem Statement

You are given an array of integers 'ARR' of size 'N' and another integer 'K'. Your task is to find and return 'K'th smallest value present in the array.

Note: All the elements in the array are distinct.

Detailed explanation ( Input/output format, Notes, Constraints, Images )

Input format

The first line of input contains an integer 'T' representing the number of the test case. Then the test case follows.

The first line of each test case contains two space-separated integers ‘N’ representing the size of the array and ‘K’.

The second line contains N space-separated integers that represent elements of the array ARR.

Output format

For each test case, print a single line that contains a single integer which is the Kth smallest element of the array.

The output of each test case will be printed in a separate line.

Note:

You do not need to print anything; it has already been taken care of. Just implement the given function.

Constraints:

1 <= T <= 100
1 <= N <=10 ^ 4
1 <= K <= N
1 <= ARR[i] <= 10 ^ 9

Time limit: 1 sec.

Sample Input 1:

3
6 3
1 2 3 4 5 6
5 4
1 3 8 6 2
1 1
5

Sample Output 1:

3
6
1

Explanation of Input 1:

(i) Sorted array will be 1 2 3 4 5 6, this shows that 3 is the third-smallest element in the array.
(ii) Sorted array will be 1 2 3 6 8, this shows that 6 is the fourth-smallest element in the array.
(iii) Sorted array will be 5, this shows that 5 is the smallest (and only) element in the array.

Sample Input 2:

Sample Output 2:

14
1
7

Explanation of Input 2:

(i) Sorted array will be 1 14, this shows that 14 is the second-smallest element in the array.
(ii) Sorted array will be 1 14, this shows that 1 is the smallest element in the array.
(iii) Sorted array will be 6 7 9, this shows that 7 is the second-smallest element in the array.

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