#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define int long long int
#define double long double
inline int power(int a, int b) {
int x = 1;
while (b) {
if (b & 1) x *= a;
a *= a;
b >>= 1;
}
return x;
}
const int M = 1000000007;
const int N = 3e5+9;
const int INF = 2e9+1;
const int LINF = 2000000000000000001;
//_ ***************************** START Below *******************************
vector<int>a;
bool isPossible(int n, int k, int mid ){
int ct = 0;
int i=0;
while(i<n){
if(a[i] <= mid){
ct++;
i += 2;
}
else i+=1;
}
return ct >= k;
}
void consistency(int n, int k) {
int s = 0, e = INF;
while(s<e){
int mid = s + (e-s)/2;
if(isPossible(n, k, mid) ){
e = mid;
}
else{
s = mid+1;
}
}
cout << s << " ";
}
void solve() {
int n, k;
cin >> n >> k;
a.resize(n);
for(int i=0; i<n; i++) cin >> a[i];
consistency(n, k);
cout << endl;
}
int32_t main() {
ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);
int t = 1;
// cin >> t;
while (t--) {
solve();
}
return 0;
}
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