- Trending Categories
Data Structure
Networking
RDBMS
Operating System
Java
MS Excel
iOS
HTML
CSS
Android
Python
C Programming
C++
C#
MongoDB
MySQL
Javascript
PHP
Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Mathematics
English
Economics
Psychology
Social Studies
Fashion Studies
Legal Studies
- Selected Reading
- UPSC IAS Exams Notes
- Developer's Best Practices
- Questions and Answers
- Effective Resume Writing
- HR Interview Questions
- Computer Glossary
- Who is Who
Maximizing the elements with a[i+1] > a[i] in C++
Problem statement
Given an array of N integers, rearrange the array elements such that the next array element is greater than the previous element arr[i+1] > arr[i]
Example
If input array is {300, 400, 400, 300} then rearranged array will be −
{300, 400, 300, 400}. In this solution we get 2 indices with condition arr[i+1] > arr[i]. Hence answer is 2.
Algorithm
- If all elements are distinct, then answer is simply n-1 where n is the number of elements in the array
- If there are repeating elements, then answer is n – maxFrequency
Example
Let us now see an example −
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define MAX 1000
using namespace std;
int getMaxIndices(int *arr, int n) {
int count[MAX] = {0};
for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
count[arr[i]]++;
}
int maxFrequency = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
if (count[arr[i]] > maxFrequency) {
maxFrequency = count[arr[i]];
}
}
return n - maxFrequency;
}
int main() {
int arr[] = {300, 400, 300, 400}; int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
cout << "Answer = " << getMaxIndices(arr, n) << endl;
return 0;
}Output
Answer = 2
Updated on: 31-Dec-2019
59 Views
Advertisements