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Maximum Perimeter Triangle from array in C++
Problem statement
Given an Array of non-negative integers. Find out three elements from the array which form a triangle of maximum perimeter
Example
If input array is {5, 1, 3, 5, 7, 4} then maximum perimeter is (7 + 5 + 5) = 17Algorithm
- Sort the array in non-increasing order. So, the first element will be maximum and the last will be minimum
- If the first 3 elements of this sorted array forms a triangle, then it will be the maximum perimeter triangle
Example
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int getMaxPerimeter(int *arr, int n) {
sort(arr, arr + n, greater<int>());
int maxPerimeter = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < n - 2; ++i) {
if (arr[i] < arr[i + 1] + arr[i + 2]) {
maxPerimeter = max(maxPerimeter, arr[i]
+ arr[i+1] + arr[i+2]);
break;
}
}
if (maxPerimeter) {
return maxPerimeter;
}
return -1;
}
int main() {
int arr[] = {5, 1, 3, 5, 7, 4};
int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
int maxPerimeter;
maxPerimeter = getMaxPerimeter(arr, n);
if (maxPerimeter != -1) {
cout << "Max perimeter = " << maxPerimeter <<
endl;
} else {
cout << "Triangle formation is not possible" <<
endl;
}
return 0;
}Output
When you compile and execute above program. It generates following output −
Max perimeter = 17
Updated on: 21-Jan-2020
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