#include <iostream>

#define NMAX 3000000

int quick_select(int *v, int n, int k)
{
    int a;
    int l, r, m;

    l = 0;
    r = n - 1;
    m = 0;

    while (l <= r) {
        m = l;

        for (int i = r, d = 0; m < i; m += d, i -= (1 - d))
            if (v[m] > v[i]) {
                a = v[m];
                v[m] = v[i];
                v[i] = a;
    
                d = 1 - d;
            }

        if (m + 1 == k)
            return v[m];
        else if (m + 1 < k)
            l = m + 1;
        else
            r = m - 1;
    }

    return v[m];
}

int main()
{
    int n, k;
    int v[NMAX];

    freopen("sdo.in", "r", stdin);
    freopen("sdo.out", "w", stdout);

    std::cin >> n >> k;

    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
        std::cin >> v[i];

    std::cout << quick_select(v, n, k) << '\n';

    return 0;
}