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A distinct string is a string that is present only once in an array.

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Given an array of strings arr, and an integer k, return the kth distinct string present in arr. If there are fewer than k distinct strings, return an empty string "".

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Note that the strings are considered in the order in which they appear in the array.

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Example 1:

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\nInput: arr = ["d","b","c","b","c","a"], k = 2\nOutput: "a"\nExplanation:\nThe only distinct strings in arr are "d" and "a".\n"d" appears 1st, so it is the 1st distinct string.\n"a" appears 2nd, so it is the 2nd distinct string.\nSince k == 2, "a" is returned. \n
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Example 2:

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\nInput: arr = ["aaa","aa","a"], k = 1\nOutput: "aaa"\nExplanation:\nAll strings in arr are distinct, so the 1st string "aaa" is returned.\n
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Example 3:

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\nInput: arr = ["a","b","a"], k = 3\nOutput: ""\nExplanation:\nThe only distinct string is "b". Since there are fewer than 3 distinct strings, we return an empty string "".\n
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