# Priority Queue

DSA

Sort Characters By Frequency

Max-heap on character frequency. Time O(n + d log d), Space O(d) where d = distinct characters.

Medium·Sep 16, 2026

DSA

K Closest Points to Origin

Max-heap of size k — evict the farthest point on each insert. Time O(n log k), Space O(k).

Medium·Sep 16, 2026

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DSA

Find Kth Rotation

Binary Search. Time O(logn), Space O(1).

Easy·Aug 8, 2026

DSA

Median of 2 sorted Arrays

Covers: Naive, Two Pointer. Optimal — Time O(n+m), Space O(1).

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DSA

K-th element of two Arrays

Covers: Naive, Two Pointer. Optimal — Time O(n+m), Space O(1).

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DSA

Kth Largest in unsorted Array

Covers: Naive, Use Min Heap. Optimal — Time O(nlogk), Space O(1).

DSA Binary Tree LeetCode

DSA

Kth Largest Element in a Stream

Brute Force -> Sorting + Set approach. Optimal — Time O(nlogn), Space O(k).

Easy·Aug 8, 2026

DSA Binary Tree LeetCode

DSA

Find Median in Data Stream

4 approaches incl. Naive, Two Heaps, 1. How Do We Maintain the Me…, and more. Optimal — Time O(logn), Space O(n).

DSA Binary Tree LeetCode

DSA

Kth Smallest Element in a BST

Covers: Brute Force, Better, Optimal. Optimal — Time O(n), Space O(1).

DSA Binary Search Tree BST

DSA

Network Delay Time

Graphs — single-source shortest path with Dijkstra. Time O(E log V), Space O(V + E).

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DSA

Find Median from Data Stream

Covers: Brute Force, Follow Ups. Optimal — Space O(1).

DSA

Top K Frequent Elements

Summmary approach. Optimal — Time O(n log k), Space O(n).

DSA

Merge K sorted arrays

Covers: Naive, Using Min heap. Optimal — Time O(nlogk), Space O(k).

DSA

Maximum Sum Combination

Covers: Naive, Better, So the intuition is:. Optimal — Time O(n log n + K log K), Space O(K).

DSA

Kth Largest Element in an Array

Covers: Sort (Naive), Max Heap, Min Heap of Size k (Optimal). Optimal — Time O(n log k), Space O(k).

DSA

MinHeap/MaxHeap Implementation

Heaps problem — solution with code and analysis.

DSA

Cheapest Flights Within K Stops

Graphs problem — solution with code and analysis.