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Minimum count of numbers required from given array to represent S

Given an integer S and an array arr[], the task is to find the minimum number of elements whose sum is S, such that an element of the array can be chosen only once to get sum S.
Example:
Input: arr[] = {25, 10, 5}, S = 30
Output: 2
Explanation:
Minimum possible solution is 2, (25+5)
Example:
Input: arr[] = {2, 1, 4, 3, 5, 6}, Sum= 6
Output: 1
Explanation:
Minimum possible solution is 1, (6)
I have found similar solution here but it says element of array can be used multiple times.
I have this code from the link which uses an array element multiple times, but how to restrict this to use only once?
static int Count(int S[], int m, int n)
{
int [][]table = new int[m + 1][n + 1];
// Loop to initialize the array
// as infinite in the row 0
for(int i = 1; i <= n; i++)
{
table[0][i] = Integer.MAX_VALUE - 1;
}
// Loop to find the solution
// by pre-computation for the
// sequence
for(int i = 1; i <= m; i++)
{
for(int j = 1; j <= n; j++)
{
if (S[i - 1] > j)
{
table[i][j] = table[i - 1][j];
}
else
{
// Minimum possible for the
// previous minimum value
// of the sequence
table[i][j] = Math.min(table[i - 1][j],
table[i][j - S[i - 1]] + 1);
}
}
}
return table[m][n];
}
// Driver Code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
int arr[] = { 9, 6, 5, 1 };
int m = arr.length;
System.out.print(Count(arr, m, 11));
}

The idiomatic approach for this is to loop backwards when updating the table of previous results.
static int minElementsForSum(int[] elems, int sum){
int[] minElems = new int[sum + 1];
for(int i = 1; i <= sum; i++) minElems[i] = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
for(int elem: elems)
for(int i = sum; i >= elem; i--)
if(minElems[i - elem] != Integer.MAX_VALUE)
minElems[i] = Math.min(minElems[i], minElems[i - elem] + 1);
return minElems[sum];
}
Demo

How can i find and print the smallest number in array which occurs exactly K times in an array, where K is an user input?

I've earlier used nested approach which is giving me TLE.
-we can not use nested approach for this.
- time limit is 1 sec and 5000kb memory. Here is my nested approach
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
if (arr[i] > 0) {
int count = 1;
for (int j = i + 1; j < n; j++)
if (arr[i] == arr[j])
count += 1;
if (count == k)
res = Math.min(res, arr[i]);
}
}

You can try using a dictionary that keeps track of the numbers as keys, and the number of times it appears as the value. This way you will only have to go through the array once.
Then, at the end you check which keys have a value of K, and choose the smallest of those.

Firstly you should get the max element and make count array of length max+1 elements i.e how much time each elements occurring eg:-
arr=[2,5,1,2,3,6,3] and k=2.
Now count each element, n is length of array, c is array counting element
int c[]=new int[max+1];
for(int i=0;i<=max; i++)
{
c[a[i]]+=1;
}
Arrays.sort(a);
//1 2 2 3 3 5 6
for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
{
if(c[a[i]]==k)
{
System.out.print(a[i]);
break;
}
}
This will give you desired output with time complexity O(nLogn)

How about just sorting the array and then walking through it to return the first value that occurs k times?
// return the smallest value that occurs k times, or null if none found
static Integer smallestK(int[] a, int k)
{
Arrays.sort(a);
for(int i=1, j=0; i<=a.length; i++)
{
if(i == a.length || a[i] != a[j])
{
if(i - j == k)
return a[j];
j = i;
}
}
return null;
}
Test:
int[] a = {6, 5, 3, 1, 4, 2, 5, 2, 2};
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(a));
for(int k=1; k<=4; k++)
{
Integer val = smallestK(a.clone(), k);
if(val != null)
System.out.format("k:%d, Result: %d%n", k, val);
else
System.out.format("k:%d, Not Found", k);
}
Output:
[6, 5, 3, 1, 4, 2, 5, 2, 2]
k:1, Result: 1
k:2, Result: 5
k:3, Result: 2
k:4, Not Found

You can try below approach as well. it has O(nlogn) complexity.
int[] arr1 = {10,2,15,20,25,4,25};//array
int k = 2;//minimum occurences
Arrays.sort(arr1);
HashMap<Integer,Integer> value = new HashMap<Integer, Integer>();
for(int i:arr1) {
value.put(i, value.getOrDefault(i, 0)+1);
}
for(int i:arr1) {
if(value.get(i)==k) {
System.out.println(i);
break;
}
}

Java sorting array positive ascending to negative ascending

I can't solve the problem , where I need output from array A like {1,2,3,4,-1,-2,-3,-4}
from random numbers in array, then write it to another array B. So far my experimental code doesn't work as I'd
public static void main(String[] args) {
int a[] = {5,4,3,2,1,-3,-2,-30};
int length = a.length - 1;
for (int i = 0 ; i < length ; i++) {
for (int j = 0 ; j < length-i ; j++) {
if (a[j] < a[j+1]) {
int swap = a[j];
a[j] = a[j+1];
a[j+1] = swap;
}
}
}
for (int x : a) {
System.out.print(x+" ");
}
}
Output is 5 4 3 2 1 -2 -3 -30 , but I need 1,2,3,4,5,-2,-3,-30
Update:
public static void main(String[] args) {
int a[] = {5,4,3,2,1,-3,-2,-30,-1,-15,8};
int length = a.length - 1;
for (int i = 0 ; i < length ; i++) {
for (int j = 0 ; j < length-i ; j++) {
if (a[j] < a[j+1]) {
int swap = a[j];
a[j] = a[j+1];
a[j+1] = swap;
} else {
if (a[j] > a[j+1] && a[j+1] > 0) {
int swap = a[j];
a[j] = a[j+1];
a[j+1] = swap;
}
}
}
}
for (int x : a) {
System.out.print(x+" ");
}
}
I got closer to my target but 8 1 2 3 4 5 -1 -2 -3 -15 -30 , that number 8 ruins it all

Add an if-else to differentiate the positive and negative case.
if (a[j] < 0) {
if (a[j] < a[j+1]) {
int swap = a[j];
a[j] = a[j+1];
a[j+1] = swap;
}
} else {
if (a[j] > a[j+1] && a[j+1] > 0) {
int swap = a[j];
a[j] = a[j+1];
a[j+1] = swap;
}
}

If I understand you correctly you want to sort after two things. Positive numbers from low to high and negative numbers from high to low.
You could first sort from high to low and in a second run over the array skip all positives and then sort from high to low.
Does this help?
I could write some code, but I believe that's something you want to learn right now :)

Algo:
Traverse the Array and Store positives in one and Negatives in another. O(i)
Sort the positives array in ascending order. O(mLog(m))
Sort the negatives indescending order. O(nLog(n))
Create a final array of the size of the input.
Add all the positive array sorted values. Then add the negative array sorted values. O(i)
Total : O(i) + O(mLog(m)) + O(nLog(n)) + O(i) = O(mLog(m)) if m > n

I have used library functions here. But if you want you can the write the functions using the same idea.
public class PostivieAsendingNegativeDesending implements Comparator<Integer> {
public static void main(String args[]) {
int fullList[] = {5, 4, 3, 2, 1, -3, -2, -30};
ArrayList<Integer> subList = new ArrayList<>();
ArrayList<Integer> subList2 = new ArrayList<>();
for (int i = 0; i < fullList.length; i++) {
if (fullList[i] < 0) {
subList2.add((fullList[i]));
} else {
subList.add(fullList[i]);
}
}
Collections.sort(subList);
Collections.sort(subList2, new PostivieAsendingNegativeDesending());
subList.addAll(subList2);
for (int i = 0; i < subList.size(); i++) {
System.out.print(subList.get(i) + " ");
}
System.out.println("");
}
#Override
public int compare(Integer n1, Integer n2) {
return n2 - n1;
}
}

This will do the trick which uses only basic loops
public static void main(String[] args) {
int a[] = { 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, -3, -2, -30 };
int length = a.length - 1;
int pos = 0, neg = 0;
// find total count of positive and negative numbers
for (int i = 0; i <= length; i++) {
if (a[i] < 0)
neg++;
else
pos++;
}
// initialize the arrays based on 'pos' and 'neg'
int posArr[] = new int[pos];
int negArr[] = new int[neg];
// store pos and neg values in the arrays
int countPos = 0, countNeg = 0;
for (int i = 0; i <= length; i++) {
if (a[i] < 0) {
negArr[countNeg] = a[i];
countNeg++;
} else {
posArr[countPos] = a[i];
countPos++;
}
}
// sort positive numbers
for (int i = 0; i < posArr.length - 1; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < posArr.length - 1 - i; j++) {
if (posArr[j] > posArr[j + 1]) {
int swap = posArr[j];
posArr[j] = posArr[j + 1];
posArr[j + 1] = swap;
}
}
}
// sort negative numbers
for (int i = 0; i < negArr.length - 1; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < negArr.length - 1 - i; j++) {
if (negArr[j] < negArr[j + 1]) {
int swap = negArr[j];
negArr[j] = negArr[j + 1];
negArr[j + 1] = swap;
}
}
}
// 1. print out posArr[] and then negArr[]
// or
// 2. merge them into another array and print
}
Logic is explained below :
Find total count of positive and negative numbers.
Create and store the positive and negative values in the respective arrays.
Sort positive array in ascending order.
Sort negative array in descending order.
Print out positive array followed by the negative array OR merge them into another and print.

I suggest another approach. You should try to formulate the rules to which the exact comparison must adhere.
Your requirement seem to have the following rules:
Positive numbers always come before negative numbers.
Positive numbers are ordered in ascending order.
Negative numbers are ordered in descending order. Yes, I said descending. Since higher numbers come before lower numbers, i.e. −2 is greater than −7.
Warning: you are using a nested for loop, which means that the process time will grow exponentially if the array becomes larger. The good news is: you don't need to nest a for loop into another for loop. I suggest writing a Comparator instead:
// The contract of Comparator's only method 'compare(i, j)' is that you
// return a negative value if i < j, a positive (nonzero) value if i > j and
// 0 if they are equal.
final Comparator<Integer> c = (i, j) -> { // I'm using a lambda expression,
// see footnote
// If i is positive and j is negative, then i must come first
if (i >= 0 && j < 0) {
return -1;
}
// If i is negative and j is positive, then j must come first
else if (i < 0 && j >= 0) {
return 1;
}
// Else, we can just subtract i from j or j from i, depending of whether
// i is negative or positive
else {
return (i < 0 ? j - i : i - j);
}
}
Your code could look like this:
int[] a = { 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, -3, -2, -30 };
int[] yourSortedIntArray = Arrays.stream(a)
.boxed()
.sorted(c) // Your Comparator, could also added inline, like
// .sorted((i, j) -> { ... })
.mapToInt(i -> i)
.toArray();
Lambda expressions are a new concept from Java 8. The Java Tutorials provide some valuable information.

Finding square pair form the given array in C#

`I have following array {9, 0, 2, -5, 7} and from this array i need to find the the square pairs <2, 7> and <7, 9> where first element must be less than second.
And <-5, 9> and <0, 9> are not square pairs, even though they sum to perfect squares,
because both members of a square pair have to be greater than 0.
bool ans;
int[] number = new int[]{9,0,2,-5,7};
for (int j = 0; j < number.Length; j++)
{
if (number[j]<number[j+1])
ans = IsPerfectSquares(number[j]+number[j+1]);
if(ans)
count++;
}
}
public static bool IsPerfectSquares(int input)
{ long SquareRoot = (long)Math.Sqrt(input);
return ((SquareRoot * SquareRoot) == input);
} `

C# Linq:
int[] array = {9, 0, 2, -5, 7};
int len = array.Length;
var pairs =
from i in Enumerable.Range(0, len-1)
where array[i] > 0
from j in Enumerable.Range(i+1, len-i-1)
where array[j] > 0
let sqrt = (int)Math.Sqrt(array[i] + array[j])
where array[i] + array[j] == sqrt * sqrt
select new {
A = Math.Min(array[i], array[j]),
B = Math.Max(array[i], array[j])
};
//or: select new int[] { ... };
Results:
{ A = 7, B = 9 }
{ A = 2, B = 7 }
Java: (also works in C# with slightly different syntax)
int[] array = { 9, 0, 2, -5, 7 };
List<int[]> pairs = new ArrayList<int[]>();
for (int i = 0; i < array.length - 1; ++i) {
if (array[i] <= 0) continue;
for (int j = i + 1; j < array.length; ++j) {
if (array[j] <= 0) continue;
int sqrt = (int)Math.sqrt(array[i] + array[j]);
if (array[i] + array[j] == sqrt * sqrt)
pairs.add(new int[] { array[i], array[j] });
}
}

I will let you write the code.
The algorithm is roughly this:
Iterate over the array. Remove all elements whose value is less than or equal to zero.
Create all possible pairs by using nested loop (two loops). For each pair, take the sum. Let say the sum is S. Take the square root of S. Let say the square root of R. Note that S is an integer (so, it may not exactly the square root of S). Check whether S is a perfect square by checking whether R*R = S.

Printing out the least occurring elements in an array

OK, so I found this question from a few days ago but it's on hold and it won't let me post anything on it.
***Note: The values or order in the array are completely random. They should also be able to be negative.
Someone recommended this code and was thumbed up for it, but I don't see how this can solve the problem. If one of the least occurring elements isn't at the BEGINNING of the array then this does not work. This is because the maxCount will be equal to array.length and the results array will ALWAYS take the first element in the code written below.
What ways are there to combat this, using simple java such as below? No hash-maps and whatnot. I've been thinking about it for a while but can't really come up with anything. Maybe using a double array to store the count of a certain number? How would you solve this? Any guidance?
public static void main(String[] args)
{
int[] array = { 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 4, 4, 5, 4 };
int count = 0;
int maxCount = 10;
int[] results = new int[array.length];
int k = 0; // To keep index in 'results'
// Initializing 'results', so when printing, elements that -1 are not part of the result
// If your array also contains negative numbers, change '-1' to another more appropriate
for (int i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
results[i] = -1;
}
for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < array.length; j++) {
if (array[j] == array[i]) {
count++;
}
}
if (count <= maxCount) { // <= so it admits number with the SAME number of occurrences
maxCount = count;
results[k++] = array[i]; // Add to 'results' and increase counter 'k'
}
count = 0; // Reset 'count'
}
// Printing result
for (int i : results) {
if (i != -1) {
System.out.println("Element: " + i + ", Number of occurences: " + maxCount);
}
}
}
credit to: https://stackoverflow.com/users/2670792/christian
for the code
I can't thumbs up so I'd just like to say here THANKS EVERYONE WHO ANSWERED.

You can also use an oriented object approach.
First create a class Pair :
class Pair {
int val;
int occ;
public Pair(int val){
this.val = val;
this.occ = 1;
}
public void increaseOcc(){
occ++;
}
#Override
public String toString(){
return this.val+"-"+this.occ;
}
}
Now here's the main:
public static void main(String[] args) {
int[] array = { 1,1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 6, 4, 4, 4 ,0};
Arrays.sort(array);
int currentMin = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
int index = 0;
Pair[] minOcc = new Pair[array.length];
minOcc[index] = new Pair(array[0]);
for(int i = 1; i < array.length; i++){
if(array[i-1] == array[i]){
minOcc[index].increaseOcc();
} else {
currentMin = currentMin > minOcc[index].occ ? minOcc[index].occ : currentMin;
minOcc[++index] = new Pair(array[i]);
}
}
for(Pair p : minOcc){
if(p != null && p.occ == currentMin){
System.out.println(p);
}
}
}
Which outputs:
0-1
6-1
Explanation:
First you sort the array of values. Now you iterate through it.
While the current value is equals to the previous, you increment the number of occurences for this value. Otherwise it means that the current value is different. So in this case you create a new Pair with the new value and one occurence.
During the iteration you will keep track of the minimum number of occurences you seen.
Now you can iterate through your array of Pair and check if for each Pair, it's occurence value is equals to the minimum number of occurences you found.
This algorithm runs in O(nlogn) (due to Arrays.sort) instead of O(n²) for your previous version.

This algorithm is recording the values having the least number of occurrences so far (as it's processing) and then printing all of them alongside the value of maxCount (which is the count for the value having the overall smallest number of occurrences).
A quick fix is to record the count for each position and then only print those whose count is equal to the maxCount (which I've renamed minCount):
public static void main(String[] args) {
int[] array = { 5, 1, 2, 2, -1, 1, 5, 4 };
int[] results = new int[array.length];
int minCount = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < array.length; j++) {
if (array[j] == array[i]) {
results[i]++;
}
}
if (results[i] <= minCount) {
minCount = results[i];
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
if (results[i] == minCount) {
System.out.println("Element: " + i + ", Number of occurences: "
+ minCount);
}
}
}
Output:
Element: 4, Number of occurences: 1
Element: 7, Number of occurences: 1
This version is also quite a bit cleaner and removes a bunch of unnecessary variables.

This is not as elegant as Iwburks answer, but I was just playing around with a 2D array and came up with this:
public static void main(String[] args)
{
int[] array = { 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, -4, 4, 5, 4 };
int count = 0;
int maxCount = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
int[][] results = new int[array.length][];
int k = 0; // To keep index in 'results'
for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < array.length; j++) {
if (array[j] == array[i]) {
count++;
}
}
if (count <= maxCount) {
maxCount = count;
results[k++] = new int[]{array[i], count};
}
count = 0; // Reset 'count'
}
// Printing result
for (int h = 0; h < results.length; h++) {
if (results[h] != null && results[h][1] == maxCount ) {
System.out.println("Element: " + results[h][0] + ", Number of occurences: " + maxCount);
}
}
Prints
Element: -4, Number of occurences: 1
Element: 5, Number of occurences: 1

In your example above, it looks like you are only using ints. I would suggest the following solution in that situation. This will find the last number in the array with the least occurrences. I assume you don't want an object-oriented approach either.
int [] array = { 5, 1, 2, 40, 2, -1, 3, 2, 5, 4, 2, 40, 2, 1, 4 };
//initialize this array to store each number and a count after it so it must be at least twice the size of the original array
int [] countArray = new int [array.length * 2];
//this placeholder is used to check off integers that have been counted already
int placeholder = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
int countArrayIndex = -2;
for(int i = 0; i < array.length; i++)
{
int currentNum = array[i];
//do not process placeholders
if(currentNum == placeholder){
continue;
}
countArrayIndex = countArrayIndex + 2;
countArray[countArrayIndex] = currentNum;
int count = 1; //we know there is at least one occurence of this number
//loop through each preceding number
for(int j = i + 1; j < array.length; j++)
{
if(currentNum == array[j])
{
count = count + 1;
//we want to make sure this number will not be counted again
array[j] = placeholder;
}
}
countArray[countArrayIndex + 1] = count;
}
//In the code below, we loop through inspecting each number and it's respected count to determine which one occurred least
//We choose Integer.MAX_VALUE because it's a number that easily indicates an error
//We did not choose -1 or 0 because these could be actual numbers in the array
int minNumber = Integer.MAX_VALUE; //actual number that occurred minimum amount of times
int minCount = Integer.MAX_VALUE; //actual amount of times the number occurred
for(int i = 0; i <= countArrayIndex; i = i + 2)
{
if(countArray[i+1] <= minCount){
minNumber = countArray[i];
minCount = countArray[i+1];
}
}
System.out.println("The number that occurred least was " + minNumber + ". It occured only " + minCount + " time(s).");