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find kth least element

(classic problem)

Definition: See select kth element.

Author: PEB


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Paul E. Black, "find kth least element", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed. 14 January 2009. (accessed TODAY) Available from: https://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/findKthLeastElement.html