Efficient Method
- Maximum element is always part of solution.
- If maximum element appears more than once, then result is maxCount * (maxCount – 1)/2. We basically need to choose 2 elements from maxCount (maxCountC2).
- If maximum element appears once, then result is equal to count of second maximum element. We can form a pair with every second max and max.
Below is the Implementation of the above Approach:
Javascript
// Javascript program to count pairs with maximum sum.// function to find the number// of maximum pair sumsfunction sum(a, n){ // Find maximum and second maximum // elements. Also find their counts. let maxVal = a[0], maxCount = 1; let secondMax = Number.MIN_VALUE; let secondMaxCount = 0; for (let i = 1; i < n; i++) { if (a[i] == maxVal) maxCount++; else if (a[i] > maxVal) { secondMax = maxVal; secondMaxCount = maxCount; maxVal = a[i]; maxCount = 1; } else if (a[i] == secondMax) { secondMax = a[i]; secondMaxCount++; } else if (a[i] > secondMax) { secondMax = a[i]; secondMaxCount = 1; } } // If maximum element appears // more than once. if (maxCount > 1) return maxCount * parseInt((maxCount - 1) / 2, 10); // If maximum element appears // only once. return secondMaxCount;}let array = [ 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3 ];let n = array.length;document.write(sum(array, n));// This code is contributed by divyesh072019. |
Output
3
Time complexity: O(n)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)
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Javascript Program for Number of pairs with maximum sum
Write a javascript program for a given array arr[], count the number of pairs arr[i], arr[j] such that arr[i] + arr[j] is maximum and i < j.
Example:
Input : arr[] = {1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2}
Output: 3
Explanation: The maximum possible pair sum where i<j is 4, which is given by 3 pairs, so the answer is 3 the pairs are (2, 2), (2, 2) and (2, 2)Input: arr[] = {1, 4, 3, 3, 5, 1}
Output: 1
Explanation: The pair 4, 5 yields the maximum sum i.e, 9 which is given by 1 pair only