Unıque Random Number Check form Array c++ - c++

#include <iostream>
#include<ctime>
#include<cstdlib>
#include<string>
#include<cmath>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
bool cont = false;
string str;
int num, num2;
cin >> str >> num;
int arr[10];
int a = pow(10, num);
int b = pow(10, (num - 1));
srand(static_cast<int>(time(NULL)));
do {
num2 = rand() % (a - b) + b;
int r;
int i = 0;
int cpy = num2;
while (cpy != 0) {
r = cpy % 10;
arr[i] = r;
i++;
cpy = cpy / 10;
}
for (int m = 0; m < num; m++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < m; j++) {
if (m != j) {
if (arr[m] == arr[j]) {
break;
}
else {
cont = true;
}
}
}
}
cout << num2 << endl;
} while (!cont);
return 0;
}
I want to take a number from the user and produce such a random number.
For example, if the user entered 8, an 8-digit random number.This number must be unique, so each number must be different from each other,for example:
user enter 5
random number=11225(invalid so take new number)
random number =12345(valid so output)
To do this, I divided the number into its digits and threw it into the array and checked whether it was unique. The Program takes random numbers from the user and throws them into the array.It's all right until this part.But my function to check if this number is unique using the for loop does not work.

Because you need your digits to be unique, it's easier to guarantee the uniqueness up front and then mix it around. The problem-solving principle at play here is to start where you are the most constrained. For you, it's repeating digits, so we ensure that will never happen. It's a lot easier than verifying if we did or not.
This code example will print the unique number to the screen. If you need to actually store it in an int, then there's extra work to be done.
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <numeric>
#include <random>
#include <vector>
int main() {
std::vector<int> digits(10);
std::iota(digits.begin(), digits.end(), 0);
std::shuffle(digits.begin(), digits.end(), std::mt19937(std::random_device{}()));
int x;
std::cout << "Number: ";
std::cin >> x;
for (auto it = digits.begin(); it != digits.begin() + x; ++it) {
std::cout << *it;
}
std::cout << '\n';
}
A few sample runs:
Number: 7
6253079
Number: 3
893
Number: 6
170352
The vector digits holds the digits 0-9, each only appearing once. I then shuffle them around. And based on the number that's input by the user, I then print the first x single digits.
The one downside to this code is that it's possible for 0 to be the first digit, and that may or may not fit in with your rules. If it doesn't, you'd be restricted to a 9-digit number, and the starting value in std::iota would be 1.

First I'm going to recommend you make better choices in naming your variables. You do this:
bool cont = false;
string str;
int num, num2;
cin >> str >> num;
What are num and num2? Give them better names. Why are you cin >> str? I can't even see how you're using it later. But I presume that num is the number of digits you want.
It's also not at all clear what you're using a and b for. Now, I presume this next bit of code is an attempt to create a number. If you're going to blindly try and then when done, see if it's okay, why are you making this so complicated. Instead of this:
num2 = rand() % (a - b) + b;
int r;
int i = 0;
int cpy = num2;
while (cpy != 0) {
r = cpy % 10;
arr[i] = r;
i++;
cpy = cpy / 10;
}
You can do this:
for(int index = 0; index < numberOfDesiredDigits; ++index) {
arr[index] = rand() % 10;
}
I'm not sure why you went for so much more complicated.
I think this is your code where you validate:
// So you iterate the entire array
for (int m = 0; m < num; m++)
{
// And then you check all the values less than the current spot.
for (int j = 0; j < m; j++) {
// This if not needed as j is always less than m.
if (m != j) {
// This if-else is flawed
if (arr[m] == arr[j]) {
break;
}
else {
cont = true;
}
}
}
}
You're trying to make sure you have no duplicates. You're setting cont == true if the first and second digit are different, and you're breaking as soon as you find a dup. I think you need to rethink that.
bool areAllUnique = true;
for (int m = 1; allAreUnique && m < num; m++) {
for (int j = 0; allAreUnique && j < m; ++j) {
allAreUnique = arr[m] != arr[j];
}
}
As soon as we encounter a duplicate, allAreUnique becomes false and we break out of both for-loops.
Then you can check it.
Note that I also start the first loop at 1 instead of 0. There's no reason to start the outer loop at 0, because then the inner loop becomes a no-op.
A better way is to keep a set of valid digits -- initialized with 1 to 10. Then grab a random number within the size of the set and grabbing the n'th digit from the set and remove it from the set. You'll get a valid result the first time.

Related

Comparing digits in number

Consistently comparing digits symmetrically to its middle digit. If first number is bigger than the last , first is wining and I have to display it else I display last and that keep until I reach middle digit(this is if I have odd number of digits), if digit don't have anything to be compared with it wins automatically.
For example number is 13257 the answer is 7 5 2.
Another one 583241 the answer is 5 8 3.
For now I am only trying to catch when number of digits is odd. And got stuck.. This is my code. The problem is that this code don't display any numbers, but it compares them in the if statement(I checked while debugging).
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int countDigit(int n) {
int count = 0;
while (n != 0) {
count++;
n /= 10;
}
return count;
}
int main() {
int n;
cin >> n;
int middle;
int count = countDigit(n);
if (count % 2 == 0) {
cout<<"No mid digit exsist!!";
}
else {
int lastDigit = n % 10;
middle = (count + 1) / 2;
for (int i = 0; i < middle; i++) {
for (int j = lastDigit; j<middle; j--) {
if (i > j) {
cout << i <<' ';
}
else {
cout << j;
}
}
}
}
return 0;
}
An easier approach towards this, in my opinion, would be using strings. You can check the size of the string. If there are even number of characters, you can just compare the first half characters, with the last half. If there are odd numbers, then do the same just print the middle character.
Here's what I'd do for odd number of digits:
string n;
cin>>n;
int i,j;
for(i=0,j=n.size()-1;i<n.size()/2,j>=(n.size()+1)/2;i++,j--)
{
if(n[i]>n[j]) cout<<n[i]<<" ";
else cout<<n[j]<<" ";
}
cout<<n[n.size()/2]<<endl;
We analyze the requirements and then come up with a design.
If we have a number, consisting of digits, we want to compare "left" values with "right" values. So, start somehow at the left and the right index of digits in a number.
Look at this number: 123456789
Index: 012345678
Length: 9
in C and C++ indices start with 0.
So, what will we do?
Compare index 0 with index 8
Compare index 1 with index 7
Compare index 2 with index 6
Compare index 3 with index 5
Compare index 4 with index 4
So, the index from the left is running up and the index from the right is running down.
We continue as long as the left index is less than or equal the right index. All this can be done in a for or while loop.
It does not matter, wether the number of digits is odd or even.
Of course we also do need functions that return the length of a number and a digit of the number at a given position. But I see that you know already how to write these functions. So, I will not explain it further here.
I show you 3 different examples.
Ultra simple and very verbose. Very inefficient, because we do not have arrays.
Still simple, but more compressed. Very inefficient, because we do not have arrays.
C++ solution, not allowed in your case
Verbose
#include <iostream>
// Get the length of a number
unsigned int length(unsigned long long number) {
unsigned int length = 0;
while (number != 0) {
number /= 10;
++length;
}
return length;
}
// Get a digit at a given index of a number
unsigned int digitAt(unsigned int index, unsigned long long number) {
index = length(number) - index - 1;
unsigned int result = 0;
unsigned int count = 0;
while ((number != 0) && (count <= index)) {
result = number % 10;
number /= 10;
++count;
}
return result;
}
// Test
int main() {
unsigned long long number;
if (std::cin >> number) {
unsigned int indexLeft = 0;
unsigned int indexRight = length(number) - 1;
while (indexLeft <= indexRight) {
if (digitAt(indexLeft, number) > digitAt(indexRight, number)) {
std::cout << digitAt(indexLeft, number);
}
else {
std::cout << digitAt(indexRight, number);
}
++indexLeft;
--indexRight;
}
}
}
Compressed
#include <iostream>
// Get the length of a number
size_t length(unsigned long long number) {
size_t length{};
for (; number; number /= 10) ++length;
return length;
}
// Get a digit at a given index of a number
unsigned int digitAt(size_t index, unsigned long long number) {
index = length(number) - index - 1;
unsigned int result{}, count{};
for (; number and count <= index; ++count, number /= 10)
result = number % 10;
return result;
}
// Test
int main() {
if (unsigned long long number; std::cin >> number) {
// Iterate from left and right at the same time
for (size_t indexLeft{}, indexRight{ length(number) - 1 }; indexLeft <= indexRight; ++indexLeft, --indexRight)
std::cout << ((digitAt(indexLeft,number) > digitAt(indexRight, number)) ? digitAt(indexLeft, number) : digitAt(indexRight, number));
}
}
More modern C++
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cctype>
int main() {
if (std::string numberAsString{}; std::getline(std::cin, numberAsString) and not numberAsString.empty() and
std::all_of(numberAsString.begin(), numberAsString.end(), std::isdigit)) {
for (size_t indexLeft{}, indexRight{ numberAsString.length() - 1 }; indexLeft <= indexRight; ++indexLeft, --indexRight)
std::cout << ((numberAsString[indexLeft] > numberAsString[indexRight]) ? numberAsString[indexLeft] : numberAsString[indexRight]);
}
}
You are trying to do something confusing with nested for-cycles. This is obviously wrong, because there is nothing “quadratic” (with respect to the number of digits) in the entire task. Also, your code doesn’t seem to contain anything that would determine the highest-order digit.
I would suggest that you start with something very simple: string’ify the number and then iterate over the digits in the string. This is obviously neither elegant nor particularly fast, but it will be a working solution to start with and you can improve it later.
BTW, the sooner you get out of the bad habit of using namespace std; the better. It is an antipattern, please avoid it.
Side note: There is no need to treat odd and even numbers of digits differently. Just let the algorithm compare the middle digit (if it exists) against itself and select it; no big deal. It is a tiny efficiency drawback in exchange for a big code simplicity benefit.
#include <cstdint>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using std::size_t;
using std::uint64_t;
uint64_t extract_digits(uint64_t source) {
const std::string digits{std::to_string(source)};
auto i = digits.begin();
auto j = digits.rbegin();
const auto iend = i + (digits.size() + 1) / 2;
uint64_t result{0};
for (; i < iend; ++i, ++j) {
result *= 10;
result += (*i > *j ? *i : *j) - '0';
}
return result;
}
int main() {
uint64_t n;
std::cin >> n;
std::cout << extract_digits(n) << std::endl;
}
If the task disallows the use of strings and arrays, you could try using pure arithmetics by constructing a “digit-inverted” version of the number and then iterating over both numbers using division and modulo. This will (still) have obvious limitations that stem from the data type size, some numbers cannot be inverted properly etc. (Use GNU MP for unlimited integers.)
#include <cstdint>
#include <iostream>
using std::size_t;
using std::uint64_t;
uint64_t extract_digits(uint64_t source) {
uint64_t inverted{0};
size_t count{0};
for (uint64_t div = source; div; div /= 10) {
inverted *= 10;
inverted += div % 10;
++count;
}
count += 1;
count /= 2;
uint64_t result{0};
if (count) for(;;) {
const uint64_t a{source % 10}, b{inverted % 10};
result *= 10;
result += a > b ? a : b;
if (!--count) break;
source /= 10;
inverted /= 10;
}
return result;
}
int main() {
uint64_t n;
std::cin >> n;
std::cout << extract_digits(n) << std::endl;
}
Last but not least, I would strongly suggest that you ask questions after you have something buildable and runnable. Having homework solved by someone else defeats the homework’s purpose.

How to reduce the time in this program?

I have a program like this: given a sequence of integers, find the biggest prime and its positon.
Example:
input:
9 // how many numbers
19 7 81 33 17 4 19 21 13
output:
19 // the biggest prime
1 7 // and its positon
So first I get the input, store it in an array, make a copy of that array and sort it (because I use a varible to keep track of the higest prime, and insane thing will happen if that was unsorted) work with every number of that array to check if it is prime, loop through it again to have the positon and print the result.
But the time is too slow, can I improve it?
My code:
#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int n;
cin >> n;
int numbersNotSorted[n];
int maxNum{0};
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
cin >> numbersNotSorted[i];
}
int numbersSorted[n];
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
numbersSorted[i] = numbersNotSorted[i];
}
sort(numbersSorted, numbersSorted + n);
for (int number = 0; number < n; number++)
{
int countNum{0};
for (int i = 2; i <= sqrt(numbersSorted[number]); i++)
{
if (numbersSorted[number] % i == 0)
countNum++;
}
if (countNum == 0)
{
maxNum = numbersSorted[number];
}
}
cout << maxNum << '\n';
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
if (numbersNotSorted[i] == maxNum)
cout << i + 1 << ' ';
}
}
If you need the biggest prime, sorting the array brings you no benefit, you'll need to check all the values stored in the array anyway.
Even if you implemented a fast sorting algorithm, the best averages you can hope for are O(N + k), so just sorting the array is actually more costly than looking for the largest prime in an unsorted array.
The process is pretty straight forward, check if the next value is larger than the current largest prime, and if so check if it's also prime, store the positions and/or value if it is, if not, check the next value, repeat until the end of the array.
θ(N) time compexity will be the best optimization possible given the conditions.
Start with a basic "for each number entered" loop:
#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;
int main() {
int n;
int newNumber;
cin >> n;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
cin >> newNumber;
}
}
If the new number is smaller than the current largest prime, then it can be ignored.
int main() {
int n;
int newNumber;
int highestPrime;
cin >> n;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
cin >> newNumber;
if(newNumber >= highestPrime) {
}
}
}
If the new number is equal to the highest prime, then you just need to store its position somewhere. I'm lazy, so:
int main() {
int n;
int newNumber;
int highestPrime;
int maxPositions = 1234;
int positionList[maxPositions];
int nextPosition;
int currentPosition = 0;
cin >> n;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
cin >> newNumber;
currentPosition++;
if(newNumber >= highestPrime) {
if(newNumber == highestPrime) {
if(nextPosition+1 >= maxPositions) {
// List of positions is too small (should've used malloc/realloc instead of being lazy)!
} else {
positionList[nextPosition++] = currentPosition;
}
}
}
}
}
If the new number is larger than the current largest prime, then you need to figure out if it is a prime number, and if it is you need to reset the list and store its position, etc:
int main() {
int n;
int newNumber;
int highestPrime = 0;
int maxPositions = 1234;
int positionList[maxPositions];
int nextPosition;
int currentPosition = 0;
cin >> n;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
cin >> newNumber;
currentPosition++;
if(newNumber >= highestPrime) {
if(newNumber == highestPrime) {
if(nextPosition+1 >= maxPositions) {
// List of positions is too small (should've used malloc/realloc instead of being lazy)!
} else {
positionList[nextPosition++] = currentPosition;
}
} else { // newNumber > highestPrime
if(isPrime(newNumber)) {
nextPosition = 0; // Reset the list
highestPrime = newNumber;
positionList[nextPosition++] = currentPosition;
}
}
}
}
}
You'll also want something to display the results:
if(highestPrime > 0) {
for(nextPosition= 0; nextPosition < currentPosition; nextPosition++) {
cout << positionList[nextPosition];
}
}
Now; the only thing you're missing is an isPrime(int n) function. The fastest way to do that is to pre-calculate a "is/isn't prime" bitfield. It might look something like:
bool isPrime(int n) {
if(n & 1 != 0) {
n >>= 1;
if( primeNumberBitfield[n / 32] & (1 << (n % 32)) != 0) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
The problem here is that (for positive values in a 32-bit signed integer) you'll need 1 billion bits (or 128 MiB).
To avoid that you can use a much smaller bitfield for numbers up to sqrt(1 << 31) (which is only about 4 KiB); then if the number is too large for the bitfield you can use the bitfield to find prime numbers and check (with modulo) if they divide the original number evenly.
Note that Sieve of Eratosthenes ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes ) is an efficient way to generate that smaller bitfield (but is not efficient to use for a sparse population of larger numbers).
If you do it right, you'll probably create the illusion that it's instantaneous because almost all of the work will be done while a human is slowly typing the numbers in (and not left until after all of the numbers have been entered). For a very fast typist you'll have ~2 milliseconds between numbers, and (after the last number is entered) humans can't notice delays smaller than about 10 milliseconds.
But the time is too slow, can I improve it?
Below loop suffers from:
Why check smallest values first? Makes more sense to check largest values first to find the largest prime. Exit the for (... number..) loop early once a prime is found. This takes advantage of the work done by sort().
Once a candidate value is not a prime, quit testing for prime-ness.
.
// (1) Start for other end rather than as below
for (int number = 0; number < n; number++) {
int countNum {0};
for (int i = 2; i <= sqrt(numbersSorted[number]); i++) {
if (numbersSorted[number] % i == 0)
// (2) No point in continuing prime testing, Value is composite.
countNum++;
}
if (countNum == 0) {
maxNum = numbersSorted[number];
}
}
Corrections left for OP to implement.
Advanced: Prime testing is a deep subject and many optimizations (trivial and complex) exist that are better than OP's approach. Yet I suspect the above 2 improvement will suffice for OP.
Brittleness: Code does not well handle the case of no primes in the list or n <= 0.
i <= sqrt(numbersSorted[number]) is prone to FP issues leading to an incorrect results. Recommend i <= numbersSorted[number]/i).
Sorting is O(n * log n). Prime testing, as done here, is O(n * sqrt(n[i])). Sorting does not increase O() of the overall code when the square root of the max value is less than log of n. Sorting is worth doing if the result of the sort is used well.
Code fails if the largest value was 1 as prime test incorrectly identifies 1 as a prime.
Code fails if numbersSorted[number] < 0 due to sqrt().
Simply full-range int prime test:
bool isprime(int num) {
if (num % 2 == 0) return num == 2;
for (int divisor = 3; divisor <= num / divisor; divisor += 2) {
if (num % divisor == 0) return false;
}
return num > 1;
}
If you want to find the prime, don't go for sorting. You'll have to check for all the numbers present in the array then.
You can try this approach to do the same thing, but all within a lesser amount of time:
Step-1: Create a global function for detecting a prime number. Here's how you can approach this-
bool prime(int n)
{
int i, p=1;
for(i=2;i<=sqrt(n);i++) //note that I've iterated till the square root of n, to cut down on the computational time
{
if(n%i==0)
{
p=0;
break;
}
}
if(p==0)
return false;
else
return true;
}
Step-2: Now your main function starts. You take input from the user:
int main()
{
int n, i, MAX;
cout<<"Enter the number of elements: ";
cin>>n;
int arr[n];
cout<<"Enter the array elements: ";
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
cin>>arr[i];
Step-3: Note that I've declared a counter variable MAX. I initialize this variable as the first element of the array: MAX=arr[0];
Step-4: Now the loop for iterating the array. What I did was, I iterated through the array and at each element, I checked if the value is greater than or equal to the previous MAX. This will ensure, that the program does not check the values which are less than MAX, thus eliminating a part of the array and cutting down the time. I then nested another if statement, to check if the value is a prime or not. If both of these are satisfied, I set the value of MAX to the current value of the array:
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
{
if(arr[i]>=MAX) //this will check if the number is greater than the previous MAX number or not
{
if(prime(arr[i])) //if the previous condition satisfies, then only this block of code will run and check if it's a prime or not
MAX=arr[i];
}
}
What happens is this- The value of MAX changes to the max prime number of the array after every single loop.
Step-5: Then, after finally traversing the array, when the program finally comes out of the loop, MAX will have the largest prime number of the array stored in it. Print this value of MAX. Now for getting the positions where MAX happens, just iterate over the whole loop and check for the values that match MAX and print their positions:
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
{
if(arr[i]==MAX)
cout<<i+1<<" ";
}
I ran this code in Dev C++ 5.11 and the compilation time was 0.72s.

Multiplication with functions in C++

I am new to functions and i am really trying to understand how they work, my teacher gave us a problem where by we were to pass a number to a function between the range of 1-12 and the function was then meant to do the times tales of that number so I asked the user to enter a number and if the number is less then 1 and greater then 12 exit, else pass the number to the function and then I used a for loop to do the multiplication for me (as far as I am aware) but nothing seems to happen? Νo doubt I am doing something really stupid, any help is much appreciated.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int TimesTables (int num);
int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
int number;
cout << "enter a number to multiply by, with a range of 1-12: ";
cin >> number;
if (number < 1 && number > 12)
return EXIT_FAILURE;
else {
int tables = TimesTables(number);
cout << tables;
}
return 0;
}
int TimesTables (int num) {
for ( int i = 0; num <=12; i ++)
num = num * i;
return num;
}
Running i from 0 is going to set num to 0, and therefore any multiplication after that.
Your loop is also rather dubious. Why are you checking num <= 12 rather than i <= 12?
Shouldn't your loop take the form
for ( int i = 1; i <=12; i ++){
// Print num * i
cout << num * i;
}
// There's no need to return anything back to the caller
for ( int i = 0; num <=12; i ++)
num = num * i;
Here i starts from 0, so any multiplication you do afterwards doesn't affect the result (num). Moreover, you want to go from 1 to 12, so you should start from 0 and finish at 12 - 1, or start from 1 and finish at 12.
So change this:
for ( int i = 0; num <=12; i ++)
to this:
for ( int i = 1; i <=12; i ++)
since you want to stop when i reaches 12, not num, i is the counter of the for-loop!

Duplicates in X element array

I have an interval (m,n) and there I have to print out all the numbers which have different digits. I wrote this, but it only works for 2 digit numbers. I simply do not know how to make it work for anything but 2 digit numbers. I imagine that, if I added as much for loops as the digits of my number it would work, but the interval(m,n) isn't specified so it has to be something reliable. I've been trying to solve this problem on my own for 6 damn hours and I'm absolutely fed up.
Input 97,113;
Output 97,98,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109
Numbers 99,100,101,110+ don't get printed, because they have 2 digits that are
the same.
#include<conio.h>
#include<math.h>
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int m,n,test,checker=0;
scanf("%d%d",&m,&n);
if(m>n)
{
int holder=n;
n=m;
m=holder;
}
for(int start=m;start<=n;start++)
{
int itemCount=floor(log10(abs(start)))+1;
int nums[itemCount];
int index=0;
test=start;
do
{
int nextVal = test % 10;
nums[index++]=nextVal;
test = test / 10;
}while(test>0);
for (int i = 0; i < itemCount - 1; i++)
{ // read comment by #nbro
for (int j = i + 1; j < itemCount; j++)
{
if (nums[i] == nums[j])
{
checker++;
}
}
if(checker==0)printf("%d ",start);
}
checker=0;
}
}
Since you tagged this as C++, here is a very simple solution using simple modulus and division in a loop. No conversion to string is done.
#include <iostream>
#include <bitset>
bool is_unique_digits(int num)
{
std::bitset<10> numset = 0;
while (num > 0)
{
// get last digit
int val = num % 10;
// if bit is on, then this digit is unique
if (numset[val])
return false;
// turn bit on and remove last digit from number
numset.set(val);
num /= 10;
}
return true;
}
int main()
{
for (int i = 97; i <= 113; ++i)
{
if (is_unique_digits(i))
std::cout << i << "\n";
}
}
The is_unique_digit function simply takes the number and repeatedly extracts the digits from it by taking the last digit in the number. Then this digit is tested to see if the same digit appears in the bitset. If the number already exists, false is immediately returned.
If the number is not in the bitset, then the bit that corresponds to that digit is turned "on" and the number is divided by 10 (effectively removing the last digit from the number). If the loop completes, then true is returned.
Live Example
As an idea for a design:
print the number to a string, if it isn't a string already;
declare an array of int d[10]; and set it to all zeroes
for each ascii digit c of the string,
if (d[c-'0']==1) return 0; // this digit exists already in the number
else d[c-'0']= 1;
just put if(checker==0)printf("%d ",start); outside of second loop the loop
like this
for (int i = 0; i < itemCount - 1; i++)
{
for (int j = i + 1; j < itemCount; j++)
{
if (nums[i] == nums[j])
{
checker++;
break;
}
}
}
if(checker==0)
printf("%d ",start);
checker=0;
However instead of using two nested for loop you can use count array which is more efficient
to check 1 number, you can do
X=10; //number to analyze
char counts[10]; for int i=0;i<10;i++) counts[i]=0;
char number[10];
sprintf(&number,"%s",X); bool bad=false;
for(int i=0;i<strlen(number);i++)
{
if(++counts[number[i]-'0']>1) {bad=true;break;}
}`

Finding Longest Increasing Sub Sequence in a round table of numbers

I was recently working on the following problem.
http://www.codechef.com/problems/D2
The Chef is planning a buffet for the DirectiPlex inauguration party, and everyone is invited. On their way in, each guest picks up a sheet of paper containing a random number (this number may be repeated). The guests then sit down on a round table with their friends.
The Chef now decides that he would like to play a game. He asks you to pick a random person from your table and have them read their number out loud. Then, moving clockwise around the table, each person will read out their number. The goal is to find that set of numbers which forms an increasing subsequence. All people owning these numbers will be eligible for a lucky draw! One of the software developers is very excited about this prospect, and wants to maximize the number of people who are eligible for the lucky draw. So, he decides to write a program that decides who should read their number first so as to maximize the number of people that are eligible for the lucky draw. Can you beat him to it?
Input
The first line contains t, the number of test cases (about 15). Then t test cases follow. Each test case consists of two lines:
The first line contains a number N, the number of guests invited to the party.
The second line contains N numbers a1, a2, ..., an separated by spaces, which are the numbers written on the sheets of paper in clockwise order.
Output
For each test case, print a line containing a single number which is the maximum number of guests that can be eligible for participating the the lucky draw.
Constraints
1 ≤ N ≤ 10000
You may assume that each number number on the sheet of paper; ai is randomly generated, i.e. can be with equal probability any number from an interval [0,U], where U is some upper bound (1 ≤ U ≤ 106).
Example
Input:
3
2
0 0
3
3 2 1
6
4 8 6 1 5 2
Output:
1
2
4
On checking the solutions I found this code:
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <algorithm>
#define LIMIT 37
using namespace std;
struct node {
int val;
int index;
};
int N;
int binary(int number, vector<int>& ans) {
int start = 0;
int n = ans.size();
int end = n - 1;
int mid;
if (start == end)
return 0;
while (start != end) {
mid = (start + end) / 2;
if (ans[mid] == number)
break;
if (ans[mid] > number)
end = mid;
else
start = mid + 1;
}
mid = (start + end) / 2;
return mid;
}
void display(vector<int>& list) {
cout << endl;
for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++)
cout << list[i] << " ";
cout << endl;
}
int maxsubsequence(vector<int>& list) {
vector<int> ans;
int N = list.size();
ans.push_back(list[0]);
int i;
// display(list);
for (i = 1; i < N; i++) {
int index = binary(list[i], ans);
/*if(index+1<ans.size())
continue;*/
if (list[i] < ans[index])
ans[index] = list[i];
if (list[i] > ans[index])
ans.push_back(list[i]);
// display(ans);
}
return ans.size();
}
int compute(int index, int* g) {
vector<int> list;
list.push_back(g[index]);
int itr = (index + 1) % N;
while (itr != index) {
list.push_back(g[itr]);
itr = (itr + 1) % N;
}
return maxsubsequence(list);
}
int solve(int* g, vector<node> list) {
int i;
int ret = 1;
for (i = 0; i < min(LIMIT, (int)list.size()); i++) {
// cout<<list[i].index<<endl;
ret = max(ret, compute(list[i].index, g));
}
return ret;
}
bool cmp(const node& o1, const node& o2)
{ return (o1.val < o2.val); }
int g[10001];
int main() {
int t;
cin >> t;
while (t--) {
cin >> N;
vector<node> list;
int i;
for (i = 0; i < N; i++) {
node temp;
cin >> g[i];
temp.val = g[i];
temp.index = i;
list.push_back(temp);
}
sort(list.begin(), list.end(), cmp);
cout << solve(g, list) << endl;
}
return 0;
}
Can someone explain this to me. I am well aware of calculating LIS in nlog(n).
What I am not able to understand is this part:
int ret = 1;
for (i = 0; i < min(LIMIT, (int)list.size()); i++) {
// cout<<list[i].index<<endl;
ret = max(ret, compute(list[i].index, g));
}
and the reason behind sorting
sort(list.begin(),list.end(),cmp);
This algorithm is simply guessing at the starting point and computing the LIS for each of these guesses.
The first value in a LIS is likely to be a small number, so this algorithm simply tries the LIMIT smallest values as potential starting points.
The sort function is used to identify the smallest values.
The for loop is used to check each starting point in turn.
WARNING
Note that this algorithm may fail for certain inputs. For example, consider the sequence
0,1,2,..,49,9900,9901,...,99999,50,51,52,...,9899
The algorithm will try just the first 37 starting points and miss the best starting point at 50.
You can test this by changing the code to:
int main() {
int t;
t=1;
while (t--) {
N=10000;
vector<node> list;
int i;
for (i = 0; i < N; i++) {
node temp;
if (i<50)
g[i]=i;
else if (i<150)
g[i]=9999-150+i;
else
g[i]=i-100;
temp.val = g[i];
temp.index = i;
list.push_back(temp);
}
sort(list.begin(), list.end(), cmp);
cout << solve(g, list) << endl;
}
return 0;
}
This will generate different answers depending on whether LIMIT is 37 or 370.
In practice, for randomly generated sequences it will have a good chance of working (although I don't know how to compute the probability exactly).