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Import Random Def Select (A, K)

This Python code defines a function called "select" that takes a list "A" and integer "k" as inputs. The function uses random selection to choose an element from A to act as a pivot value "x". It then partitions A into lists of elements that are smaller and larger than x. If the length of the smaller list is equal to k-1, it returns x. Otherwise it recursively calls itself on either the smaller or larger list based on if k is within the range of the smaller list length. This implements the selection algorithm to find the kth ordered statistic from a list.

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Import Random Def Select (A, K)

This Python code defines a function called "select" that takes a list "A" and integer "k" as inputs. The function uses random selection to choose an element from A to act as a pivot value "x". It then partitions A into lists of elements that are smaller and larger than x. If the length of the smaller list is equal to k-1, it returns x. Otherwise it recursively calls itself on either the smaller or larger list based on if k is within the range of the smaller list length. This implements the selection algorithm to find the kth ordered statistic from a list.

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py

1 import random
2
3 def select(A,k):
4 while True:
5 x = random.choice(A)
6 menores = []
7 mayores = []
8 for y in A:
9 if y < x:
10 menores.append(y)
11 elif y > x:
12 mayores.append(y)
13 if k == len(menores) + 1:
14 return x
15 elif k <= len(menores):
16 A = menores
17 else:
18 A = mayores
19 k = k - len(menores) - 1

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