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Kth Largest Element

You are given an array of integers and an integer k. Write a program to find the k-th largest element in the array without sorting the entire array. Input Format: The first line contains two integers, n (the size of the array) and k (the k-th position). The second line contains n space-separated integers, which are the elements of the array. Output Format: Output the k-th largest element. Example: Input: 5 2 3 2 1 5 4 Output: 4 In the example above, the 2nd largest element is 4.

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