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Absolute Difference of even and odd indexed elements in an Array (C++)?

Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:26

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Here we will see how we can get the absolute differences of odd and even indexed elements in an array. The absolute difference indicates that if the difference of one pair is negative, the absolute value will be taken. For an example, let the numbers are {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}. So the even position elements are 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 (starting from 0), and odd place elements are 2, 4, 6, 8. So the difference for even placed data are |1 - 3| = 2, then |2 - 5| = 3, |3 - 7| ... Read More

Absolute Difference of all pairwise consecutive elements in an array (C++)?

Revathi Satya Kondra
Updated on 01-Aug-2025 18:06:10

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An array in C++ is a data structure used to store multiple values of the same type in a contiguous block of memory. To know that how values shift from one index to the next, a common and practical technique is to compute the absolute difference between each pair of consecutive elements. Absolute Difference The absolute difference is the positive distance between two numbers, regardless of which one is larger. It is computed using the abs() function from the library. Absolute difference between a and b is denoted as |a - b|. For example, |7 - 3| = ... Read More

A Sum Array Puzzle in C++?

Ravi Ranjan
Updated on 11-Jun-2025 18:41:02

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In this article, we will solve a sum array puzzle, where we have an array with n elements. We have to create another array of n elements such that the 'ith' position of the second array will hold the sum of all elements of the first array except the 'ith' element. We have one constraint, we cannot use the subtraction operator in this problem. Example Here is an example of calculating the sum of array elements except for the ith element: Input: arr[] = {5, 6, 7, 8} Output: res[] = ... Read More

A Product Array Puzzle in C++?

Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:26

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Here we will see one interesting problem related to array. There is an array with n elements. We have to create another array of n elements. But the i-th position of second array will hold the product of all elements of the first array except the i-th element. And one constraint is that we cannot use the division operator in this problem.If we can use the division, operation, we can easily solve this problem, by getting the product of all elements, then divide i-th element of first array and store it into i-th place of the second array.Here we are ... Read More

A product array puzzle (O(1) Space) in C++?

Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:26

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Here we will see one interesting problem related to array. There is an array with n elements. We have to create another array of n elements. But the i-th position of second array will hold the product of all elements of the first array except the i-th element. And one constraint is that we cannot use the division operator in this problem. We have to solve this problem in-place without using any additional spaces.If we can use the division, operation, we can easily solve this problem, by getting the product of all elements, then divide i-th element of first array ... Read More

A data structure for n elements and O(1) operations?

Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:26

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Here we will see one data-structure with n elements, and O(1) operations. So the operations will take constant amount of time to execute.The data structure will hold n elements (from 0 to n-1). The data can be in any order. The Insertion, deletion and searching will take O(1) amount of time.To solve this problem, we will use one Boolean array. This will indicate that the item is present or not at position i. If the item is present, it will hold 1, otherwise 0.Algorithminitialization(n)begin    fill all elements of the Boolean array as 0 endinsert(i)begin    set element at index ... Read More

A C Programming Language Puzzle?

Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:26

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Here we will see one C programming language puzzle question. Suppose we have two numbers 48 and 96. We have to add the first number after the second one. So final result will be like 9648. But we cannot use any logical, arithmetic, string related operations, also cannot use any pre-defined functions. So how can we do that?This is easy. We can do by using Token Pasting operator(##) in C. The Token Pasting operator is a preprocessor operator. It sends commands to compiler to add or concatenate two tokens into one string. We use this operator at the macro definition.Example Live ... Read More

A Boolean Matrix Question in C++?

Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:26

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Here we will see one interesting Boolean matrix problem. One Boolean matrix is given which contains 0’s and 1’s. Our goal is to find where 1 is marked. If the 1 is marked at position mat[i, j], then we will make all entries to 1 of the row i and column j. Let us see an example. If the matrix is like below −1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0Then after modification, it will be −1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1AlgorithmmatrixUpdate(matrix[R, ... Read More

2’s compliment for a given string using XOR ?

Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:26

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In this section we will see how we can find the 2’s complement using the XOR operation on a binary string. The 2’s complement is actually the 1’s complement + 1. We will use XOR operation to get the 1’s complement.We will traverse the string from LSb, and look for 0. We will flip all 1’s to 0 until we get a 0. Then flip the found 0.We will traverse from LSb. Then ignoring all 0’s until we get 1. Ignoring the first 1, we will toggle all bits using the XOR operation.Algorithmget2sComp(bin)begin    len := length of the binary ... Read More

1 to n bit numbers with no consecutive 1s in binary representation?

Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:26

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In this problem, we have to find some binary numbers which have no consecutive 1s. In a 3-bit binary string, there are three binary numbers 011, 110, 111, who have consecutive 1s, and five numbers are there which have no consecutive 1s. So after applying this algorithm for 3-bit numbers, the answer will be 5.If a[i] be the set of binary numbers, whose number of bits are i, and not containing any consecutive 1s, and b[i] is the set of binary number, where number of bits are i, and containing consecutive 1s, then there are recurrence relations like −a[i] := ... Read More

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