Shift array elements - c++

Question

I need some help, I know this question was asked before but I don't get it and I cant solve it, so I need help. I need to move the elements of my array to a position to left. So if the input will be 1,2,3,4,5 then the output will be 2,3,4,5,1. I have done the same to right but to left I cant figure it out, please also explain the logic , thanks.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int a[100],n,i,tempr,templ;
int main()
{
cin>>n;
for(i=1;i<=n;i++) cin >> a[i];
for(i=1;i<=n;i++)
{
tempr = a[n];
a[n] = a[i];
a[i] = tempr;
cout<<"Right: "<<a[i]<<endl;
}
for(i=1;i<=n;i++)
{
templ = a[2];
a[2] = a[i];
a[i] = templ;
cout<<"Left: "<<a[i]<<endl;
}
return 0;
}
Please help!

Answer 1

First problem is bad indexing:
for(i=1;i<=n;i++) cin >> a[i]; //wrong logic, C++ indexing start from 0
Correct approach:
for(i=0;i<n;i++) //all your loops
Second problem is wrong logic for shifting elements:
Corrected version:
//input example: 1 2 3 4 5
//to the left
int temp = a[0]; //remember first element
for(i=0;i<n-1;i++)
{
a[i] = a[i+1]; //move all element to the left except first one
}
a[n-1] = temp; //assign remembered value to last element
//output: 2 3 4 5 1
cout << "To left: " << endl;
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
cout << a[i] << endl;
//to the right
temp = a[n-1]; //remember last element
for(i=n-1;i>=0;i--)
{
a[i+1] = a[i]; //move all element to the right except last one
}
a[0] = temp; //assign remembered value to first element
//output: 1 2 3 4 5 because elements are shifted back by right shift
cout << "To right: " << endl;
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
cout << a[i] << endl;
EDIT:
How to display both shifts:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int to_left[5], to_right[5],n,i,tempr,templ;
int main()
{
cout << "Input array size: ";
cin >> n;
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
{
cin >> to_left[i]; //read values to first array
to_right[i]=to_left[i]; //then copy values to second one
}
//shift first array to left
int temp = to_left[0];
for(i=0;i<n-1;i++)
{
to_left[i] = to_left[i+1]; //move all element to the left except first one
}
to_left[n-1] = temp; //assign remembered value to last element
//output: 2 3 4 5 1
cout << "To left: " << endl;
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
cout << to_left[i] << endl;
//shift second array to right
temp = to_right[n-1]; //remember last element
for(i=n-1;i>=0;i--)
{
to_right[i+1] = to_right[i]; //move all element to the right except last one
}
to_right[0] = temp; //assign remembered value to first element
//output: 1 2 3 4 5 because elements are shifted back by right shift
cout << "To right: " << endl;
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
cout << to_right[i] << endl;
return 0;
}
Note that your code look very much like C code. In C++, you can declare variables in any segment of code, not just at the beginning. In C++, you can declare variable in for loop like this: for(int i=0; i<...) - no need for global variable i
For reference, this would be good C++ code example that satisfies problem you are facing:
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
int main()
{
std::size_t n; //size_t is unsiged type used for various sizes of containers or types
std::cout << "Input array size: ";
std::cin >> n;
std::vector<int> to_left(n), to_right(n); //two dynamic arrays containing integers, takin n as their size
for(std::size_t i=0;i<to_left.size();++i) //use vector size(), instead of n, also ++i in considered better for loops that i++ (may be faster)
{
std::cin >> to_left[i];
to_right[i]=to_left[i];
}
int temp = to_left[0]; //declare temp here, not at the begining of code
for(std::size_t i=0;i<n-1;++i)
to_left[i] = to_left[i+1];
to_left[n-1] = temp;
std::cout << "To left: " << std::endl;
for(std::size_t i=0;i<n;++i)
std::cout << to_left[i] << std::endl;
temp = to_right[n-1]; //reuse temp
for(int i=to_right.size()-1;i>=0;--i) //note int, not std::size_t, because size_t is always >=0, loop would never end.
to_right[i+1] = to_right[i];
to_right[0] = temp;
std::cout << "To right: " << std::endl;
for(std::size_t i=0;i<n;i++)
std::cout << to_right[i] << std::endl;
return 0;
}
And here would be ideal C++ code:
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
int main()
{
std::size_t n;
std::cout << "Input array size: ";
std::cin >> n;
std::vector<int> to_left(n), to_right(n);
for(std::size_t i=0;i<to_left.size();++i)
{
std::cin >> to_left[i];
to_right[i]=to_left[i];
}
// rotate first array to the left
std::rotate(to_left.begin(), to_left.begin() + 1, to_left.end());
// rotate second array to right
std::rotate(to_right.rbegin(), to_right.rbegin() + 1, to_right.rend());
std::cout << "To left:" << std::endl;
for(auto x : to_left) //C++11 feature, x iterates through container
std::cout << x << std::endl;
std::cout << "To right:" << std::endl;
for(auto x : to_right)
std::cout << x << std::endl;
return 0;
}

Answer 2

Or you can use memmove(...) projected exactly for those purpose, here your sample:
#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;
//rotate Left
void r_left(int *a,int n)
{
int tmp=a[0];
memmove(a,a+1,sizeof(int)*(n-1));
a[n-1]=tmp;
}
//rotate right
void r_right(int *a,int n)
{
int tmp=a[n-1];
memmove(a+1,a,sizeof(int)*(n-1));
a[0]=tmp;
}
void show(int *a,int n)
{
while(n--)
cout<<*a++<<' ';
cout<<endl;
}
int main()
{
int ar[]={1,2,3,4,5};
int n=sizeof(ar)/sizeof(ar[0]);
r_left(ar,n);
show(ar,n);
r_right(ar,n);
show(ar,n);
return 0;
}

Answer 3

easiest way to swap elements in C++ is to use std::iter_swap()
so for an array of 4 elements to swap elements 1 and 4 you would do the following
int a[4];
std::iter_swap(a, a+3);
note that you also need to #include <algorithm> for this to work
the basic logic of the function is that you give the location in memory of the 2 elements, so as the first element of an array is also its location in memory, you can pass a + n, when n is equal to the n-1 index number of the element you want to swap

Answer 4

As other already have stated it's all about indices. In a for-loop you are almost always in trouble if your stop condition is i <= size, because arrays in C++ are zero-indexed.
Where Black Moses alogrithm is far the easiest to understand (and probably the fastes), I read your code as if you try to swap the first value of the array through the array to the last position. Below I have tried to pin out this approach.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <iostream>
void ShiftLeft(int* pArr, size_t length)
{
for (size_t i = 1; i < length; i++)
{
int tmp = pArr[i - 1]; // Preserves the previous value
pArr[i - 1] = pArr[i]; // Overwrites the previous position with the current value
pArr[i] = tmp; // Stores the previous value in the current position
// All in all the first value is swapped down the array until it is at the length - 1 position
// and all the other values are swapped to the left.
/* For an array with 4 values the progression is as follows:
i = 0: 1 2 3 4
i = 1: 2 1 3 4
i = 2: 2 3 1 4
i = 3: 2 3 4 1
*/
}
}
void ShiftRight(int* pArr, size_t length)
{
for (size_t i = length - 1; i > 0; i--)
{
// This code does exactly the same as for ShiftLeft but the loop is running backwards
int tmp = pArr[i - 1];
pArr[i - 1] = pArr[i];
pArr[i] = tmp;
}
}
void Print(int* pArr, size_t length)
{
for (size_t i = 0; i < length; i++)
{
std::cout << pArr[i] << " ";
}
std::cout << std::endl;
}
int main()
{
int arr[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 };
size_t length = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
Print(arr, length);
ShiftLeft(arr, length);
Print(arr, length);
ShiftRight(arr, length);
Print(arr, length);
return 0;
}

Answer 5

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int a[100], outR[100], outL[100], n, i;
int main() {
cin >> n;
for (i = 0; i < n; i++) cin >> a[i];
// Right
for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
outR[i+1]= a[i];
}
outR[0] = a[n-1]; // add first number
// Left
for (i = 1; i < n; i++) {
outL[i-1]= a[i];
}
outL[n-1] = a[0]; // add last number
// Answer
cout << "Right:\n";
for(i=0; i<n; i++) {
cout << outR[i] << endl;
}
cout << "Left:\n";
for(i = 0; i < n; i++) {
cout << outL[i] << endl;
}
return 0;
}
Simple answer where you can easily see everything, good luck.
You may be interested in ,,vector coding", it seems be easier if you spend some time on this:
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
vector <int> a, outR, outL;
size_t i;
int main () {
int n, temp_int;
cin >> n;
while (n--) {
cin >> temp_int; // here you read number to your vector
a.push_back(temp_int); // here you add this to vector
// remember that vector start from element 0 as like arrays
}
// Left
// remember that last element will be first
// you may have acces to size of your vector easily
for (i = 0; i < (a.size()-1); i++) {
outL.push_back(a.at(i+1)); // here you create new vector
}
outL.push_back(a.at(0)); // add last elemet which rotated
// Right
// to rotate left first you have push last element so
outR.push_back(a.at(a.size()-1)); // add first elemet which rotated
for (i = 1; i < a.size(); i++) {
outR.push_back(a.at(i-1)); // here you push rest
}
cout << "Left" << "\n";
for (i = 0; i < a.size(); i++) {
cout << outL.at(i) << endl; // here you print value
}
cout << "Right" << "\n";
for (i = 0; i < a.size(); i++) {
cout << outR.at(i) << endl; // here you print value
}
return 0;
}

Answer 6

int* leftShiftOneByOneWIthoutTemp(int arr[], int sz)
{
for (int i=0 ;i < sz-1; i++)
{
arr[i] = arr[sz-1] + arr[i];
arr[sz-1] = arr[i] - arr[sz-1] ;
arr[i] = arr[i] - arr[sz-1] ;
std::cout << "iter "<< i << std::endl;
printArray(arr,5);
}
std::cout << "final "<< std::endl;
printArray(arr,5);
return arr;
}

Answer 7

Replace your code (to shift array left) with below code.
templ = a[0];
for(i=0;i<n-1;i++)
{
a[i] = a[i+1];
cout<<"Left: "<<a[i]<<endl;
}
a[n-1] = templ;
cout<<"Left: "<<a[n-1]<<endl;