import java.util.*; public class Solution { public int findKth(int[] a, int n, int k) { // write code here return findK(a, 0, n - 1, k - 1); } public static int findK(int[] nums, int start, int end, int k){ int left = start, right = end; int x = nums[left + (right - left)/2]; while(left <= right){ while (left <= right && nums[left] > x) { left++; } while (left <= right && nums[right] < x) { right--; } if(left <= right){ int temp = nums[left]; nums[left] = nums[right]; nums[right] = temp; left++; right--; } } if(k <= right) { return findK(nums, start, right, k); }else if(k >= left){ return findK(nums, left, end, k); }else{ return nums[k]; } } }