I have an array of objects in Java, and I am trying to pull one element to the top and shift the rest down by one.
Assume I have an array of size 10, and I am trying to pull the fifth element. The fifth element goes into position 0 and all elements from 0 to 5 will be shifted down by one.
This algorithm does not properly shift the elements:
Object temp = pool[position];
for (int i = 0; i < position; i++) {
array[i+1] = array[i];
}
array[0] = temp;
How do I do it correctly?
Logically it does not work and you should reverse your loop:
for (int i = position-1; i >= 0; i--) {
array[i+1] = array[i];
}
Alternatively you can use
System.arraycopy(array, 0, array, 1, position);
Assuming your array is {10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100}
What your loop does is:
Iteration 1: array[1] = array[0]; {10,10,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100}
Iteration 2: array[2] = array[1]; {10,10,10,40,50,60,70,80,90,100}
What you should be doing is
Object temp = pool[position];
for (int i = (position - 1); i >= 0; i--) {
array[i+1] = array[i];
}
array[0] = temp;
You can just use Collections.rotate(List<?> list, int distance)
Use Arrays.asList(array) to convert to List
more info at: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Collections.html#rotate(java.util.List,%20int)
Instead of shifting by one position you can make this function more general using module like this.
int[] original = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 };
int[] reordered = new int[original.length];
int shift = 1;
for(int i=0; i<original.length;i++)
reordered[i] = original[(shift+i)%original.length];
Just for completeness: Stream solution since Java 8.
final String[] shiftedArray = Arrays.stream(array)
.skip(1)
.toArray(String[]::new);
I think I sticked with the System.arraycopy() in your situtation. But the best long-term solution might be to convert everything to Immutable Collections (Guava, Vavr), as long as those collections are short-lived.
Manipulating arrays in this way is error prone, as you've discovered. A better option may be to use a LinkedList in your situation. With a linked list, and all Java collections, array management is handled internally so you don't have to worry about moving elements around. With a LinkedList you just call remove and then addLast and the you're done.
Try this:
Object temp = pool[position];
for (int i = position-1; i >= 0; i--) {
array[i+1] = array[i];
}
array[0] = temp;
Look here to see it working: http://www.ideone.com/5JfAg
Using array Copy
Generic solution for k times shift k=1 or k=3 etc
public void rotate(int[] nums, int k) {
// Step 1
// k > array length then we dont need to shift k times because when we shift
// array length times then the array will go back to intial position.
// so we can just do only k%array length times.
// change k = k% array.length;
if (k > nums.length) {
k = k % nums.length;
}
// Step 2;
// initialize temporary array with same length of input array.
// copy items from input array starting from array length -k as source till
// array end and place in new array starting from index 0;
int[] tempArray = new int[nums.length];
System.arraycopy(nums, nums.length - k, tempArray, 0, k);
// step3:
// loop and copy all the remaining elements till array length -k index and copy
// in result array starting from position k
for (int i = 0; i < nums.length - k; i++) {
tempArray[k + i] = nums[i];
}
// step 4 copy temp array to input array since our goal is to change input
// array.
System.arraycopy(tempArray, 0, nums, 0, tempArray.length);
}
code
public void rotate(int[] nums, int k) {
if (k > nums.length) {
k = k % nums.length;
}
int[] tempArray = new int[nums.length];
System.arraycopy(nums, nums.length - k, tempArray, 0, k);
for (int i = 0; i < nums.length - k; i++) {
tempArray[k + i] = nums[i];
}
System.arraycopy(tempArray, 0, nums, 0, tempArray.length);
}
In the first iteration of your loop, you overwrite the value in array[1]. You should go through the indicies in the reverse order.
static void pushZerosToEnd(int arr[])
{ int n = arr.length;
int count = 0; // Count of non-zero elements
// Traverse the array. If element encountered is non-zero, then
// replace the element at index 'count' with this element
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++){
if (arr[i] != 0)`enter code here`
// arr[count++] = arr[i]; // here count is incremented
swapNumbers(arr,count++,i);
}
for (int j = 0; j < n; j++){
System.out.print(arr[j]+",");
}
}
public static void swapNumbers(int [] arr, int pos1, int pos2){
int temp = arr[pos2];
arr[pos2] = arr[pos1];
arr[pos1] = temp;
}
Another variation if you have the array data as a Java-List
listOfStuff.add(
0,
listOfStuff.remove(listOfStuff.size() - 1) );
Just sharing another option I ran across for this, but I think the answer from #Murat Mustafin is the way to go with a list
public class Test1 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int[] x = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 };
Test1 test = new Test1();
x = test.shiftArray(x, 2);
for (int i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
System.out.print(x[i] + " ");
}
}
public int[] pushFirstElementToLast(int[] x, int position) {
int temp = x[0];
for (int i = 0; i < x.length - 1; i++) {
x[i] = x[i + 1];
}
x[x.length - 1] = temp;
return x;
}
public int[] shiftArray(int[] x, int position) {
for (int i = position - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
x = pushFirstElementToLast(x, position);
}
return x;
}
}
A left rotation operation on an array of size n shifts each of the array's elements unit to the left, check this out!!!!!!
public class Solution {
private static final Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
public static void main(String[] args) {
String[] nd = scanner.nextLine().split(" ");
int n = Integer.parseInt(nd[0]); //no. of elements in the array
int d = Integer.parseInt(nd[1]); //number of left rotations
int[] a = new int[n];
for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
a[i]=scanner.nextInt();
}
Solution s= new Solution();
//number of left rotations
for(int j=0;j<d;j++){
s.rotate(a,n);
}
//print the shifted array
for(int i:a){System.out.print(i+" ");}
}
//shift each elements to the left by one
public static void rotate(int a[],int n){
int temp=a[0];
for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
if(i<n-1){a[i]=a[i+1];}
else{a[i]=temp;}
}}
}
You can use the Below codes for shifting not rotating:
int []arr = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12};
int n = arr.length;
int d = 3;
Programm for shifting array of size n by d elements towards left:
Input : {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12}
Output: {4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,10,11,12}
public void shiftLeft(int []arr,int d,int n) {
for(int i=0;i<n-d;i++) {
arr[i] = arr[i+d];
}
}
Programm for shifting array of size n by d elements towards right:
Input : {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12}
Output: {1,2,3,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}
public void shiftRight(int []arr,int d,int n) {
for(int i=n-1;i>=d;i--) {
arr[i] = arr[i-d];
}
}
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Shift {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner input = new Scanner (System.in);
int array[] = new int [5];
int array1[] = new int [5];
int i, temp;
for (i=0; i<5; i++) {
System.out.printf("Enter array[%d]: \n", i);
array[i] = input.nextInt(); //Taking input in the array
}
System.out.println("\nEntered datas are: \n");
for (i=0; i<5; i++) {
System.out.printf("array[%d] = %d\n", i, array[i]); //This will show the data you entered (Not the shifting one)
}
temp = array[4]; //We declared the variable "temp" and put the last number of the array there...
System.out.println("\nAfter Shifting: \n");
for(i=3; i>=0; i--) {
array1[i+1] = array[i]; //New array is "array1" & Old array is "array". When array[4] then the value of array[3] will be assigned in it and this goes on..
array1[0] = temp; //Finally the value of last array which was assigned in temp goes to the first of the new array
}
for (i=0; i<5; i++) {
System.out.printf("array[%d] = %d\n", i, array1[i]);
}
input.close();
}
}
Write a Java program to create an array of 20 integers, and then implement the process of shifting the array to right for two elements.
public class NewClass3 {
public static void main (String args[]){
int a [] = {1,2,};
int temp ;
for(int i = 0; i<a.length -1; i++){
temp = a[i];
a[i] = a[i+1];
a[i+1] = temp;
}
for(int p : a)
System.out.print(p);
}
}
I am trying to write a method in Java that receives an array and returns a new array where each number is printed that number of times. Here is an example input and output: "1 2 3 0 4 3" ---> "1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3". I am stuck and my program will not compile. Does anyone see where I am going wrong?
public static int [] multiplicity(int [] nums) {
for (int i = 0 ; i < nums.length ; i++) {
int size = nums.length + 1;
int newNums[] = new int [size];
for (int j = 0 ; j < nums.length ; j++) {
int value = nums[j];
for (int v = 0 ; v < value ; v++) {
newNums[j + v] = value;
}
}
}
return newNums;
}
Your current code does not size your new array correctly, you could fix your compiler errors easily enough like
int size=nums.length+1;
int newNums [] = new int [size];
for (int i=0; i<nums.length; i++)
{
// int size=nums.length+1;
// int newNums [] = new int [size];
But that clearly won't allow you to populate all of your values. Instead (assuming you can't use a dynamic data-type like a Collection), you'll need to iterate the array once to get the final count of elements and then populate your array. Something like,
public static int[] multiplicity(int[] nums) {
// first pass
int count = 0;
for (int num : nums) {
for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
count++;
}
}
int[] ret = new int[count];
count = 0;
// second pass
for (int num : nums) {
for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
ret[count++] = num;
}
}
return ret;
}
Then you could test it like,
public static void main(String arg[]) {
int[] in = { 1, 2, 3, 0, 4, 3 };
int[] out = multiplicity(in);
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < out.length; i++) {
if (i != 0) {
sb.append(' ');
}
sb.append(out[i]);
}
String expected = "1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3";
System.out.println(expected.equals(sb.toString()));
}
Output is
true
Once you initialise your int[] newNums, you can't dynamically resize it. Initialising it again will discard the previous array.
Here's another way to solve the problem:
public static int [] multiplicity (int [ ] nums)
{
// create a list to contain the output
List<Integer> newNums = new ArrayList<Integer>();
// for each incoming int
if(nums != null) {
for (final int i : nums)
{
// repeat adding the value
for(int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
newNums.add(i);
}
}
}
// now copy from the List<Integer> to the result int[]
int[] result = new int[newNums.size()];
for(int i=0; i < newNums.size(); i++) {
result[i] = newNums.get(i);
}
// return the result
return result;
}
You can't know the new array size until you explore the whole input array.
So you can
Explore the whole array and compute the lengh, then, re-explore the input array and fill the new. You need only 1 memory allocation (only 1 new int[])
Create a vector and fill it. Then use the .toarray method
Exemple to fill the array (check he had the right size)
int k = 0
for(int i: nums) {
for(int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
newArray[k] = i;
k++;
}
}
I'm trying to make it so the elements of each array are added together to get a sum, regardless if one array is larger than the other. This is the error I'm getting
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 5
The error is linked to line 13 or 23 depending on which array is bigger in my test class.
( pickedList[i] = listA[i] + listB[i]; are the error lines)
Edit: The code works if the arrays have the same number of elements, but when one is larger it crashes.
public static int[] AddArray(int[] listA, int[] listB)
{
int aLen = listA.length;
int bLen = listB.length;
int[] pickedList = null;
//if array 1 is longer, make picklist have same number of elements then add
//both array elements together
if (aLen >= bLen)
{ pickedList = new int[aLen];
for( int i = 0; i < aLen; i ++)
{
pickedList[i] = listA[i] + listB[i];
}
}
//if array 2 is longer, make picklist have same number of elements then add
//both array elements together
else
{
pickedList = new int[bLen];
for( int i = 0; i < bLen; i ++)
{
pickedList[i] = listA[i] + listB[i] ;
}
}
return pickedList;
}
}
Your error is very simple:
if (aLen >= bLen)
{ pickedList = new int[aLen];
for( int i = 0; i < aLen; i ++)
{
pickedList[i] = listA[i] + listB[i];
you have that.
If alen is longer than blen, then if your forloop goes up to the length of a, you'll get an error because you have listB[i] - you're trying to access elements of B that just aren't there.
Let me make this clearer. Let's say array a has a length of 5, and array b has a length of 3. a is bigger than b, so you loop through i from 0 to 5. Everything will be fine fine for i = 0, i = 1, i = 2, but once you get to i = 3, there is no listB[i], because list B only has an elemnet in the 0, 1, and 2 position, so you get the error that you got.
I hope that helps. Good luck :)
I would use Math.max(int,int) to get the max length. Then declare the new array, then iterate the length adding the elements like
public static int[] addArray(int[] listA, int[] listB) {
int aLen = listA.length;
int bLen = listB.length;
int len = Math.max(aLen, bLen);
int[] pickedList = new int[len];
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
if (i < aLen && i < bLen) {
pickedList[i] = listA[i] + listB[i];
} else if (i < aLen) {
pickedList[i] = listA[i];
} else {
pickedList[i] = listB[i];
}
}
return pickedList;
}
For your first if statement you have aLen >= bLen Then you loop for the length of aLen in a for loop. Inside this for loop, you try to access the elements of listB at index i. However, since listA is longer, the element listB[i] will not exist as the length of listA is longer than the length of listB.
public static int[] AddArray(int[] listA, int[] listB)
{
int smallList[], bigList[], sums[];
int pos;
if (listA.length >= listB.length) {
smallList = listB;
bigList = listA;
} else {
smallList = listA;
bigList = listB;
}
sums = new int[bigList.length];
for (pos=0; pos < smallList.length; ++pos) {
sums[pos] = smallList[pos] + bigList[pos];
}
for (; pos < bigList.length; ++pos) {
sums[pos] = bigList[pos];
}
return sums;
}
If two arrays are
arr1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
arr2 = [6, 7, 8]
The we can use lower length of two arrays as loop condition (ind < lower_length) to get rid from exception. eg,
int array1_length = arr1.length; // 5
int array2_length = arr1.length; // 3
Then we can get lower limit such ways
int limit = (array1_length > array2_length) ? array2_length : array1_length;
or
int limit = Math.max(array1_length, array2_length);
Then can use the limit in for loop, eg,
for(int ind = 0; ind < limit; ind++){
//sum = arr1[ind] + arr2[ind];
}
I hope it will help you deeply.
try this:
public static int[] AddArray(int[] listA, int[] listB)
{
int aLen = listA.length;
int bLen = listB.length;
int[] pickedList = null;
int i,j;
//if array 1 is longer, make picklist have same number of elements then add
//both array elements together
if (aLen >= bLen)
{ pickedList = new int[aLen];
for( i = 0; i < bLen; i ++)
{
pickedList[i] = listA[i] + listB[i];
}
for( j = i; j < aLen; j++) // listB exhaust so add remaining elements of listA to pickedList
{
pickedList[j] = listA[j] ;
}
}
//if array 2 is longer, make picklist have same number of elements then add
//both array elements together
else
{
pickedList = new int[bLen];
for( i = 0; i < aLen; i ++)
{
pickedList[i] = listA[i] + listB[i] ;
}
for( j = i; j < bLen; j ++)// listA exhaust so add remaining elements of listB to pickedList
{
pickedList[j] = listB[j];
}
}
return pickedList;
}