Smallest subarray having an element with frequency greater than that of other elements
Given an array arr of positive integers, the task is to find the smallest length subarray of length more than 1 having an element occurring more times than any other element.
Examples:
Input: arr[] = {2, 3, 2, 4, 5}
Output: 2 3 2
Explanation: The subarray {2, 3, 2} has an element 2 which occurs more number of times any other element in the subarray.Input: arr[] = {2, 3, 4, 5, 2, 6, 7, 6}
Output: 6 7 6
Explanation: The subarrays {2, 3, 4, 5, 2} and {6, 7, 6} contain an element that occurs more number of times than any other element in them. But the subarray {6, 7, 6} is of minimum length.
Naive Approach: A naive approach to solve the problem can be to find all the subarrays which have an element that meets the given condition and then find the minimum of all those subarrays.
- Initialize a variable result to the maximum possible value of an integer and a hash map unmap to store element frequencies. Initialize two variables maxFreq and secondMaxx to store the maximum and second maximum frequencies seen so far in the current subarray.
- Iterate through the input array arr[] with an outer loop variable i.
- For each value of i, iterate through the array again with an inner loop variable j such that j starts at i and goes up to the end of the array.
- For each value of j, increment the frequency of arr[j] in the hash map unmap.
- If the frequency of arr[j] in unmap is greater than the current value of maxFreq, update secondMaxx with the current value of maxFreq and maxFreq with the frequency of arr[j] in unmap.
- If the current subarray (from i to j) has at least two elements and both maxFreq and secondMaxx are greater than 0, update result with the minimum of its current value and the length of the current subarray.
- For each value of i, iterate through the array again with an inner loop variable j such that j starts at i and goes up to the end of the array.
- After the outer loop finishes, print the final value of result.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
C++
// C++ program for the above approach #include <bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std; // Function to find subarray void FindSubarray( int arr[], int n) { // initialize result as the maximum possible value int result = INT_MAX; // iterate through all subarrays starting from index i for ( int i = 0; i < n; i++) { // unordered_map to store element frequencies unordered_map< int , int > unmap; // variables to store maximum and second // maximum frequency elements int secondMaxx = -1; int maxFreq = -1; // iterate through all subarrays ending at index j for ( int j = i; j < n; j++) { // increment the frequency of element arr[j] in // the unordered_map unmap[arr[j]]++; // if the frequency of arr[j] is greater than // maxFreq, update secondMaxx and maxFreq if (unmap[arr[j]] > maxFreq) { secondMaxx = maxFreq; maxFreq = unmap[arr[j]]; } // if the frequency of arr[j] is less than // maxFreq but greater than secondMaxx, update // secondMaxx else if (unmap[arr[j]] > secondMaxx) { secondMaxx = unmap[arr[j]]; } // if the subarray has more than one element and // both maxFreq and secondMaxx are greater than // 0, update the result with the length of the // current subarray if (j - i + 1 > 1 && maxFreq > 0 && secondMaxx > 0) { result = min(j - i + 1, result); } } } // print the smallest subarray length cout << result; } // Driver Code int main() { int arr[] = { 2, 3, 4, 5, 2, 6, 7, 6 }; int n = sizeof (arr) / sizeof (arr[0]); FindSubarray(arr, n); return 0; } |
Java
import java.util.HashMap; public class Gfg { public static void FindSubarray( int [] arr, int n) { // initialize result as the maximum possible value int result = Integer.MAX_VALUE; // iterate through all subarrays starting from index i for ( int i = 0 ; i < n; i++) { // HashMap to store element frequencies HashMap<Integer, Integer> hmap = new HashMap<>(); // variables to store maximum and second // maximum frequency elements int secondMaxx = - 1 ; int maxFreq = - 1 ; // iterate through all subarrays ending at index j for ( int j = i; j < n; j++) { // increment the frequency of element arr[j] in // the HashMap if (hmap.containsKey(arr[j])) { hmap.put(arr[j], hmap.get(arr[j]) + 1 ); } else { hmap.put(arr[j], 1 ); } // if the frequency of arr[j] is greater than // maxFreq, update secondMaxx and maxFreq if (hmap.get(arr[j]) > maxFreq) { secondMaxx = maxFreq; maxFreq = hmap.get(arr[j]); } // if the frequency of arr[j] is less than // maxFreq but greater than secondMaxx, update // secondMaxx else if (hmap.get(arr[j]) > secondMaxx) { secondMaxx = hmap.get(arr[j]); } // if the subarray has more than one element and // both maxFreq and secondMaxx are greater than // 0, update the result with the length of the // current subarray if (j - i + 1 > 1 && maxFreq > 0 && secondMaxx > 0 ) { result = Math.min(j - i + 1 , result); } } } // print the smallest subarray length System.out.println(result); } public static void main(String[] args) { int [] arr = { 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 2 , 6 , 7 , 6 }; int n = arr.length; FindSubarray(arr, n); } } |
Python3
# Function to find subarray def FindSubarray(arr, n): # initialize result as the maximum possible value result = float ( 'inf' ) # iterate through all subarrays starting from index i for i in range (n): # dictionary to store element frequencies unmap = {} # variables to store maximum and second # maximum frequency elements secondMaxx = - 1 maxFreq = - 1 # iterate through all subarrays ending at index j for j in range (i, n): # increment the frequency of element arr[j] in # the dictionary if arr[j] in unmap: unmap[arr[j]] + = 1 else : unmap[arr[j]] = 1 # if the frequency of arr[j] is greater than # maxFreq, update secondMaxx and maxFreq if unmap[arr[j]] > maxFreq: secondMaxx = maxFreq maxFreq = unmap[arr[j]] # if the frequency of arr[j] is less than # maxFreq but greater than secondMaxx, update # secondMaxx elif unmap[arr[j]] > secondMaxx: secondMaxx = unmap[arr[j]] # if the subarray has more than one element and # both maxFreq and secondMaxx are greater than # 0, update the result with the length of the # current subarray if j - i + 1 > 1 and maxFreq > 0 and secondMaxx > 0 : result = min (j - i + 1 , result) # print the smallest subarray length print (result) # Driver Code arr = [ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 2 , 6 , 7 , 6 ] n = len (arr) FindSubarray(arr, n) # This code is contributed by divya_p123. |
C#
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; class Program { // Function to find subarray static void FindSubarray( int [] arr, int n) { // initialize result as the maximum possible value int result = int .MaxValue; // iterate through all subarrays starting from index // i for ( int i = 0; i < n; i++) { // unordered_map to store element frequencies Dictionary< int , int > unmap = new Dictionary< int , int >(); // variables to store maximum and second // maximum frequency elements int secondMaxx = -1; int maxFreq = -1; // iterate through all subarrays ending at index // j for ( int j = i; j < n; j++) { // increment the frequency of element arr[j] // in the unordered_map if (!unmap.ContainsKey(arr[j])) { unmap.Add(arr[j], 1); } else { unmap[arr[j]]++; } // if the frequency of arr[j] is greater // than maxFreq, update secondMaxx and // maxFreq if (unmap[arr[j]] > maxFreq) { secondMaxx = maxFreq; maxFreq = unmap[arr[j]]; } // if the frequency of arr[j] is less than // maxFreq but greater than secondMaxx, // update secondMaxx else if (unmap[arr[j]] > secondMaxx) { secondMaxx = unmap[arr[j]]; } // if the subarray has more than one element // and both maxFreq and secondMaxx are // greater than 0, update the result with // the length of the current subarray if (j - i + 1 > 1 && maxFreq > 0 && secondMaxx > 0) { result = Math.Min(j - i + 1, result); } } } // print the smallest subarray length Console.WriteLine(result); } // Driver Code static void Main() { int [] arr = { 2, 3, 4, 5, 2, 6, 7, 6 }; int n = arr.Length; FindSubarray(arr, n); } } |
Javascript
// JavaScript code equivalent to the C++ program // Function to find subarray const FindSubarray = (arr, n) => { // initialize result as the maximum possible value let result = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER; // iterate through all subarrays starting from index i for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) { // Map to store element frequencies let unmap = new Map(); // variables to store maximum and second // maximum frequency elements let secondMaxx = -1; let maxFreq = -1; // iterate through all subarrays ending at index j for (let j = i; j < n; j++) { // increment the frequency of element arr[j] in // the Map unmap.set(arr[j], (unmap.get(arr[j]) || 0) + 1); // if the frequency of arr[j] is greater than // maxFreq, update secondMaxx and maxFreq if (unmap.get(arr[j]) > maxFreq) { secondMaxx = maxFreq; maxFreq = unmap.get(arr[j]); } // if the frequency of arr[j] is less than // maxFreq but greater than secondMaxx, update // secondMaxx else if (unmap.get(arr[j]) > secondMaxx) { secondMaxx = unmap.get(arr[j]); } // if the subarray has more than one element and // both maxFreq and secondMaxx are greater than // 0, update the result with the length of the // current subarray if (j - i + 1 > 1 && maxFreq > 0 && secondMaxx > 0) { result = Math.min(j - i + 1, result); } } } // print the smallest subarray length console.log(result); }; // Driver Code const arr = [2, 3, 4, 5, 2, 6, 7, 6]; const n = arr.length; FindSubarray(arr, n); |
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Time Complexity: O(N2)
Auxiliary Space: O(N)
Efficient Approach: The problem can be reduced to find out that if there is any element occurring twice in a subarray, then it can be a potential answer. Because the minimum length of such subarray can be the minimum distance between two same elements
The idea is to use an extra array that maintains the last occurrence of the elements in the given array. Then find the distance between the last occurrence of an element and current position and find the minimum of all such lengths.
Below is the implementation of the above approach.
C++
// C++ program for the above approach #include <bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std; // Function to find subarray void FindSubarray( int arr[], int n) { // If the array has only one element, // then there is no answer. if (n == 1) { cout << "No such subarray!" << endl; } // Array to store the last occurrences // of the elements of the array. int vis[n + 1]; memset (vis, -1, sizeof (vis)); vis[arr[0]] = 0; // To maintain the length int len = INT_MAX, flag = 0; // Variables to store // start and end indices int start, end; for ( int i = 1; i < n; i++) { int t = arr[i]; // Check if element is occurring // for the second time in the array if (vis[t] != -1) { // Find distance between last // and current index // of the element. int distance = i - vis[t] + 1; // If the current distance // is less than len // update len and // set 'start' and 'end' if (distance < len) { len = distance; start = vis[t]; end = i; } flag = 1; } // Set the last occurrence // of current element to be 'i'. vis[t] = i; } // If flag is equal to 0, // it means there is no answer. if (flag == 0) cout << "No such subarray!" << endl; else { for ( int i = start; i <= end; i++) cout << arr[i] << " " ; } } // Driver Code int main() { int arr[] = { 2, 3, 2, 4, 5 }; int n = sizeof (arr) / sizeof (arr[0]); FindSubarray(arr, n); return 0; } |
Java
// Java program for the above approach import java.util.*; class GFG{ // Function to find subarray public static void FindSubarray( int [] arr, int n) { // If the array has only one element, // then there is no answer. if (n == 1 ) { System.out.println( "No such subarray!" ); } // Array to store the last occurrences // of the elements of the array. int [] vis = new int [n + 1 ]; Arrays.fill(vis, - 1 ); vis[arr[ 0 ]] = 0 ; // To maintain the length int len = Integer.MAX_VALUE, flag = 0 ; // Variables to store // start and end indices int start = 0 , end = 0 ; for ( int i = 1 ; i < n; i++) { int t = arr[i]; // Check if element is occurring // for the second time in the array if (vis[t] != - 1 ) { // Find distance between last // and current index // of the element. int distance = i - vis[t] + 1 ; // If the current distance // is less than len // update len and // set 'start' and 'end' if (distance < len) { len = distance; start = vis[t]; end = i; } flag = 1 ; } // Set the last occurrence // of current element to be 'i'. vis[t] = i; } // If flag is equal to 0, // it means there is no answer. if (flag == 0 ) System.out.println( "No such subarray!" ); else { for ( int i = start; i <= end; i++) System.out.print(arr[i] + " " ); } } // Driver code public static void main(String[] args) { int arr[] = { 2 , 3 , 2 , 4 , 5 }; int n = arr.length; FindSubarray(arr, n); } } // This code is contributed by divyeshrabadiya07 |
Python3
# Python3 program for the above approach import sys # Function to find subarray def FindSubarray(arr, n): # If the array has only one element, # then there is no answer. if (n = = 1 ): print ( "No such subarray!" ) # Array to store the last occurrences # of the elements of the array. vis = [ - 1 ] * (n + 1 ) vis[arr[ 0 ]] = 0 # To maintain the length length = sys.maxsize flag = 0 for i in range ( 1 , n): t = arr[i] # Check if element is occurring # for the second time in the array if (vis[t] ! = - 1 ): # Find distance between last # and current index # of the element. distance = i - vis[t] + 1 # If the current distance # is less than len # update len and # set 'start' and 'end' if (distance < length): length = distance start = vis[t] end = i flag = 1 # Set the last occurrence # of current element to be 'i'. vis[t] = i # If flag is equal to 0, # it means there is no answer. if (flag = = 0 ): print ( "No such subarray!" ) else : for i in range (start, end + 1 ): print (arr[i], end = " " ) # Driver Code if __name__ = = "__main__" : arr = [ 2 , 3 , 2 , 4 , 5 ] n = len (arr) FindSubarray(arr, n) # This code is contributed by chitranayal |
C#
// C# program for the above approach using System; class GFG{ // Function to find subarray public static void FindSubarray( int [] arr, int n) { // If the array has only one element, // then there is no answer. if (n == 1) { Console.WriteLine( "No such subarray!" ); } // Array to store the last occurrences // of the elements of the array. int [] vis = new int [n + 1]; for ( int i = 0; i < n + 1; i++) vis[i] = -1; vis[arr[0]] = 0; // To maintain the length int len = int .MaxValue, flag = 0; // Variables to store // start and end indices int start = 0, end = 0; for ( int i = 1; i < n; i++) { int t = arr[i]; // Check if element is occurring // for the second time in the array if (vis[t] != -1) { // Find distance between last // and current index // of the element. int distance = i - vis[t] + 1; // If the current distance // is less than len // update len and // set 'start' and 'end' if (distance < len) { len = distance; start = vis[t]; end = i; } flag = 1; } // Set the last occurrence // of current element to be 'i'. vis[t] = i; } // If flag is equal to 0, // it means there is no answer. if (flag == 0) Console.WriteLine( "No such subarray!" ); else { for ( int i = start; i <= end; i++) Console.Write(arr[i] + " " ); } } // Driver code public static void Main(String[] args) { int []arr = { 2, 3, 2, 4, 5 }; int n = arr.Length; FindSubarray(arr, n); } } // This code is contributed by sapnasingh4991 |
Javascript
<script> // Javascript program for the above approach // Function to find subarray function FindSubarray(arr, n) { // If the array has only one element, // then there is no answer. if (n == 1) { document.write( "No such subarray!" ); } // Array to store the last occurrences // of the elements of the array. let vis = new Array(n + 1); for (let i = 0; i < (n + 1); i++) vis[i] = -1; vis[arr[0]] = 0; // To maintain the length let len = Number.MAX_VALUE, flag = 0; // Variables to store // start and end indices let start = 0, end = 0; for (let i = 1; i < n; i++) { let t = arr[i]; // Check if element is occurring // for the second time in the array if (vis[t] != -1) { // Find distance between last // and current index // of the element. let distance = i - vis[t] + 1; // If the current distance // is less than len // update len and // set 'start' and 'end' if (distance < len) { len = distance; start = vis[t]; end = i; } flag = 1; } // Set the last occurrence // of current element to be 'i'. vis[t] = i; } // If flag is equal to 0, // it means there is no answer. if (flag == 0) document.write( "No such subarray!" ); else { for (let i = start; i <= end; i++) document.write(arr[i] + " " ); } } // Driver code let arr = [ 2, 3, 2, 4, 5 ]; let n = arr.length; FindSubarray(arr, n); // This code is contributed by avanitrachhadiya2155 </script> |
2 3 2
Time Complexity: O(N), where n is the length of the array.
Auxiliary Space: O(N).