Thursday, 11 February 2016

Closest Numbers

You are given a sorted list of N numbers and a number Num. Write a program to find the five numbers that are closest (numerically) to Num. A number x in the array is closest to Num if |Num-x| is the smallest among all such x possible.

Note: If the Num is present in given list, then it should be in the output.

Constraints:
        5 < N <20
        All numbers in list are between -10000 to 10000
        -10000 <Num< 10000
        There could be numbers that are repeated
Input:      
    N Num
    m1 m2 m3 .. mN
where mi's are N numbers in sorted order.

Output:
    p1 p2 p3 p4 p5
where pi's are closest numbers in increasing order of absolute difference from Num. If there are two numbers with same difference, print the larger one first.


Solution-
#include<stdio.h>

#define MAXSIZE 20



/*
  Write a function for printing 5 closest numbers
*/
void printclosest(int arr[], int num, int n){

  int b[n],i,j,c[n],temp;
 
  for(i=0;i<n;i++)
  {b[i]=i;

   if(num>=arr[i])
     c[i]=num-arr[i];
   else
     c[i]=arr[i]-num;
 
  }
 
  for(i=0;i<5;i++)
  {
    for(j=i;j<n;j++)
    {if(c[i]>=c[j])
    {
   
     
      temp=c[i];c[i]=c[j];
      c[j]=temp;temp=b[i];
      b[i]=b[j];
      b[j]=temp;
    }
    }}
    for(i=0;i<4;i++)
    {
      printf("%d ",arr[b[i]]);
    }
  printf("%d",arr[b[4]]);
   
 
}
int main()
{
  int arr[MAXSIZE];
  int i,n,num;
  scanf("%d %d",&n,&num);
  for (i = 0; i < n; ++i)
{
  scanf("%d",&arr[i]);
}
  printclosest(arr, num, n);
  return 0;
}

32 comments:

  1. after sorting the diff array, can you explain what to do clearly ?

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    1. After finding the N closest number to given number "Num",you have to sort the numbers in increasing order of absolute difference with respect to that Num..
      If Num==6 and N=5 so,5 closest number are 6,11,9,7,2 the sort them 6,7,9,2,11 as (6-6)=0,(6-7)=1,(6-9)=3,(6-2)=4,(6-11)=5 where (x-y) is the absolute difference btwn x and y

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    2. thank you nikhil. Very good.You got the logic

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  2. what it the meaning of closest number? and "Num" and "N" what they are?
    please explain.

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    1. it is simply name of the problem.
      "num" and "N"are the name of variables.acoording to this the problem is formed

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  3. solution is

    int b[MAXSIZE],j,temp,m,i;
    /*
    Write a function for printing 5 closest numbers
    */
    void printclosest(int arr[], int num, int n){
    for (i=0;inum)
    b[i]=arr[i]-num;
    else
    b[i]=num-arr[i];
    }



    for (i=n-1;i>=0;i--){
    for(j=n-1;j>=i+1;j--){
    if(b[i]>=b[j]){
    temp=arr[i];
    arr[i]=arr[j];
    arr[j]=temp;
    temp=b[i];
    b[i]=b[j];
    b[j]=temp;
    }
    }
    }

    for(i=0;i<5;i++)
    {
    if(i==4)
    printf("%d",arr[i]);
    else
    printf("%d ",arr[i]);
    }
    }

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    1. can u please refine the first for loop and there is 'if'statement missing....thanks

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  4. for (i=0;inum)


    what is that in line number 4

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    1. for (i=0;inum)


      what is that in line number 4

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  5. int b[MAXSIZE],j,temp,m,i;
    /*
    Write a function for printing 5 closest numbers
    */
    void printclosest(int arr[], int num, int n){
    for (i=0;inum)
    b[i]=arr[i]-num;
    else
    b[i]=num-arr[i];
    }



    for (i=n-1;i>=0;i--){
    for(j=n-1;j>=i+1;j--){
    if(b[i]>=b[j]){
    temp=arr[i];
    arr[i]=arr[j];
    arr[j]=temp;
    temp=b[i];
    b[i]=b[j];
    b[j]=temp;
    }
    }
    }

    for(i=0;i<5;i++)
    {
    if(i==4)
    printf("%d",arr[i]);
    else
    printf("%d ",arr[i]);
    }
    }



    GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!

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  6. its still the same... first for loop is not proper :(

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  7. please after getting differnce and sorting of differences what we have to do

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    1. look while sorting the difference array also sort the main array so that you will get the desired array elements

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    2. Dear Sir,

      Kindly send me whole program to mirtunjay4u@gmail.com.
      I am unable to solve this problem.Kindly help me if possible at your end.

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  8. sir please give full solution to understand better

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  9. i did sort the array of differences along with the given array,but the point is if there are numbers with same difference, how to preserve their order?
    e.g. if num is 6 and in array we've numbers 5 & 7,so 7 must come first and then 5.
    Can you just give a hint Killer?

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    1. no ,when you sort it ,it arranges in a manner by itself that the order is preserved. first make the program and run it you can check yourself.

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    2. i don't get it.

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  10. that is the whole solution
    #include
    #define MAXSIZE 20
    /*
    Write a function for printing 5 closest numbers
    */
    void printclosest(int arr[], int num, int n){
    int b[20],j,temp,m,i;
    for(i=0;inum)
    b[i]=arr[i]-num;
    else
    b[i]=num-arr[i];

    }
    for (i=n-1;i>=0;i--){
    for(j=n-1;j>=i+1;j--){
    if(b[i]>=b[j]){
    temp=arr[i];
    arr[i]=arr[j];
    arr[j]=temp;
    temp=b[i];
    b[i]=b[j];
    b[j]=temp;
    }}
    }
    for(i=0;i<5;i++)
    {
    if(i==4)
    printf("%d",arr[i]);
    else
    printf("%d ",arr[i]);
    }
    }int main()
    {

    int arr[MAXSIZE];
    int i,n,num;
    scanf("%d %d",&n,&num);
    for (i = 0; i < n; ++i)
    {
    scanf("%d",&arr[i]);
    }
    printclosest(arr, num, n);
    return 0;
    }

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  11. Please give the solution for this...

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  12. These are all the errors in the closest program. Can anyone help me with this?


    Program: In function 'printclosest':
    Program:12:9: error: 'inum' undeclared (first use in this function)
    Program:12:9: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
    Program:12:13: error: expected ';' before ')' token
    Program:14:1: error: 'else' without a previous 'if'
    Program: At top level:
    Program:18:1: error: expected identifier or '(' before 'for'
    Program:18:13: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '>=' token
    Program:18:18: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '--' token
    Program:29:1: error: expected identifier or '(' before 'for'
    Program:29:10: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '<' token
    Program:29:14: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '++' token
    Program:36:1: error: expected identifier or '(' before '}' token
    Program:48:5: error: redefinition of 'main'
    Program:36:6: note: previous definition of 'main' was here

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    1. why are you running the code given by one of the user .try coding yourself

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  13. yes please give the solution for this program

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  14. cant get the solution.please give the solution

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  15. Please correct the first loop condition and mention what is in if() statement there

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  16. I am getting this error,help me to solve this
    Test Case 1 Presentation Error
    Input Expected Output Actual Output
    10 6
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 7 5 8 4 6 7 5 8 4

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    1. you've to print last output without space.
      so write this:-
      for(i=0;i<5;i++)
      {
      if(i==4)
      printf("%d",arr[i]);
      else
      printf("%d ",arr[i]);
      }

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