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write a c program that given a set a of n numbers and another number x determines whether or not there exist two elements in s whose sum is exactly x

March 24, 2014 by Dhaval Dave

Given an array A[] and a number x, check for pair in A[] with sum as x

Write a C program that, given an array A[] of n numbers and another number x, determines whether or not there exist two elements in S whose sum is exactly x.
There can be several ways to do, what we found are two methods.

1 ) Using Sort input Array
2) Using Hash Map


Algorithm with Example with Sorting Array

findPair (A[], sum)  
//A = {1, 4, 6, 9, -3 , 12, 2}
//sum = 10 
1) len = Length of A[]
//len = 8 
2) Sort the array in increasing order.
//A = {-3,1,2,3,4,6,9,12} 
3) Initialize two variables on starting and ending 
 (a) Initialize first to the leftmost index: lt = 0
       (b) Initialize second  the rightmost index:  rt = len-1  
                   
4) Loop while lt < rt.
       (a) If (A[l] + A[r] == sum)  then return 1
       (b) Else if( A[l] + A[r] <  sum )  then lt++
       (c) Else rt--

//First Iteration: 
//a)lt=0 , rt=7 , -3+12 != 10
//b)-3+12 = 9 < 10 =>; lt=lt++ =>; lt = 1.
//Second Iteration : 
//a) lt=1, rt =7 , 1+12 !=10
//b) 1+12 =13 > 10, =>; rt=len-1=>; rt=6
//Third Iteration : 
//a)lt=1, rt=6 , 1+9 =10 =>; Return 1.

5) No candidates in whole array : return 0

Time Complexity : O(nlogn) (for merge if Merge or Heap sort is used.)
Space Complexity : O(n)( for Merge sort) O(1) for heap sort.

Algorithm with Example for Using Hash map 

Let A be the given array.
And X be the give sum

len = A.length
for i=0 to len{
  hash(A[i]) = i  // key is the element and value is its index.
}
//Hash is created with index and element.

for i=0 to len{
  if hash(X - A[i]) != j  // if (X - element) exists and is different we found a pair
    {
     print "pair i , j has sum K"
    }//if

}//for

Searching in Hash takes O(1).
So what we do is
take first element and if its counter number which makes sum X exists then print both number.
example

A = {-3,1,2,3,4,6,9,12}
A[0] = -3 
What we search in condition if hash(X - A[i]) != i
if(10-(-3))=13 exist for some 'j' then 
element at i (=-3)  and j(=13) makes sum 10.

Time Complexity : O(N)
Space Complexity : O(N) for storing Hash.

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