Arrays in C++

Arrays
@LPU CSE202 C++ Programming

Outline
• To declare an array
• To initialize an array
• Operations on array

Introduction
• Arrays
– Collection of related data items of same data
type.
– Static entity – i.e. they remain the same size
throughout program execution
Quick yak:
Ask students
where they
encounter array
in routine ex:
•Buttons on
mobile…(huh
now it is touch
screen!!!)

Arrays
• Array
– Group of consecutive memory locations
– Same name and data type
• To refer to an element, specify:
– Array name
– Position number in square brackets([])
• Format:
arrayname[position_number]
– First element is always at position 0
– Eg. n element array named c:
• c[0], c[1]...c[n – 1]
Name of array (Note that all elements
of this array have the same name, c)
Position number of the
element within array c
3
c[6]
-45
6
0
72
-89
0
62
-3
1
6453
78
c[0]
c[1]
c[2]
c[3]
c[11]
c[10]
c[9]
c[8]
c[7]
c[5]
c[4]

Arrays
• An array is an ordered list of values
c
The entire array
has a single name
Each value has a numeric index
c[0] c[1] c[2] c[3] c[4] c[5] c[6] c[7] c[8] c[9]
79 87 94 82 67 98 87 81 74 91
An array of size N is indexed from zero to N-1
This array holds 10 values that are indexed from 0 to 9

Arrays
• Array elements are like normal variables
c[0] = 3;/*stores 3 to c[0] element*/
scanf (“%d”, &c[1]);/*reads c[1] element*/
printf (“%d, %d”, c[0], c[1]); /*displays
c[0] & c[1] element*/
• The position number inside square brackets is called
subscript/index.
• Subscript must be integer or an integer expression
c[5 - 2] = 7; (i.e. c[3] = 7)

Defining Arrays
• When defining arrays, specify:
– Name
– Data Type of array
– Number of elements
datatype arrayName[numberOfElements];
– Examples:
int students[10];
float myArray[3284];
• Defining multiple arrays of same data type
– Format is similar to regular variables
– Example:
int b[100], x[27];

Initializing Arrays
• Initializers
int n[5] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
– If not enough initializers given, then rightmost
elements become 0
– int n[5] = { 0 }; // initialize all elements to 0
– C arrays have no bounds checking.
• If size is omitted, initializers determine it
int n[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
– 5 initializers, therefore 5 element array.
Quick yak:
Probe on the example
below ask what
happens:
•for (i=1;i<5;i++)
•for
(i=0;i<5;i+=2)

Initializing Arrays
• Array is same as the variable can prompt for
value from the user at run time.
• Array is a group of elements so we use for
loop to get the values of every element
instead of getting single value at a time.
• Example: int array[5]; // array of size 5
for(int i=0;i<5;i++){// loop begins from 0 to 4
cin>>&array[i];
}

Program of
Initializing an
array to zero
using loop.

Element Value
0 0
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
7 0
8 0
9 0
0
n[6]
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
n[0]
n[1]
n[2]
n[3]
n[9]
n[8]
n[7]
n[5]
n[4]
Quick yak:
Discussion can
be quickly done
on
•t
•endl
Used in the
program

Program of
Initializing an
array element
with
calculations
using loop.

Element Value
0 2
1 4
2 6
3 8
4 10
5 12
6 14
7 16
8 18
9 20
10
n[6]
4
6
8
12
14
16
18
20
n[0]
n[1]
n[2]
n[3]
n[9]
n[8]
n[7]
n[5]
n[4]

Operations on arrays
• Insertion of element into an array
• Deletion of element from an array
• Search of element in an array

• Program to
insert an
element
into an
array
#include<iostream.h>
#include<conio.h>
int main()
{
int a[100],i,n,k, item;
cout<<"how many no to store in array";
cin>>n;
cout<<"Enter the number";
for(i=0;i<=n-1;i++)
cin>>a[i];
cout<<"Enter the no. and its position";
cin>>tem>>k;
k=k-1;
for(i=n-1;i>=k;i--)
{
a[i+1]=a[i];
}
a[k]=item;
cout<<"Contents of the arrayn";
for(i=0;i<=n;i++)
{
cout<<a[i];
}
getch();
}

How many no to store in array: 4
Enter the number: 12
14
5
11
Enter the no. and the position: 20 3
Content of the array
12
14
5
20
11
Output

• Program to
delete an
element
from an
array
#include<conio.h>
int main()
{
int a[100],i,n,k;
cout<<"how many no to store in array"<<endl;
cin>>n;
cout<<"enter the number"<<endl;
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
cin>>a[i];
cout<<"enter the position";
cin>>k;
k=k-1;
for(i=k;i<n;i++)
{
a[i]=a[i+1];
}
cout<<"contents of the array"<<endl;
for(i=0;i<n-1;i++)
{
cout<<a[i];
}
getch();
}

How many no to store in array: 4
Enter the number: 12
14
5
11
Enter the position: 3
Content of the array
12
14
11
Output

• The process of finding a particular element of
an array is called searching.
• Search an array for a key value.
• Two searching techniques:
– Linear search
– Binary search
Searching in Arrays

• Linear search
– Simple
– Compare each element of array with key value
– Useful for small and unsorted arrays
• It simply examines each element sequentially,
starting with the first element, until it finds the
key element or it reaches the end of the array.
Example: If you were looking for someone on a
moving passenger train, you would use a
sequential search.
Linear search

#include<conio.h>
int main()
{
int a[20],key,i,n, c=0;
cout<<“Enter the number of elements:t";
cin>>n;
cout<<"Enter the elements:t";
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
cin>>a[i];
cout<<"Enter the element to be found t";
cin>>key;
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
if(a[i]==key) //comparison
{
cout<<“Key found at location t"<<i;
c++;
break;
}
if (c==0)
cout<<"element not found in the list";
getch();
return 0;
}
• Program of
linear
search in an
array.

Output
Enter the number of elements: 4
Enter the element: 12
14
5
11
Enter a number to be found: 14
Key found at location 2

• Binary search
– Applicable for sorted arrays
• The algorithm locates the middle element of
the array and compares it to the key value.
– Compares middle element with the key
• If equal, match found
• If key < middle, looks in left half of middle
• If key > middle, looks in right half of middle
• Repeat (the algorithm is repeated on one-quarter of
the original array.)
Binary search

Binary search
– It repeatedly divides the sequence in two, each
time restricting the search to the half that would
contain the element.
– This is a tremendous increase in performance over
the linear search that required comparing the
search key to an average of half of the array
elements.
– You might use the binary search to look up a word
in a dictionary

#include<conio.h>
int main()
{
int ar[100],beg,mid,end,i,n,search;
cout<<"How many numbers in the array: ";
cin>>n;
cout<<"Enter "<<n<<" numbers in ascending order --> ";
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
cin>>ar[i];
beg=0;end=n-1;
cout<<"Enter a number to search: ";
cin>>search;
while(beg<=end)
{
mid=(beg+end)/2;
if(ar[mid]==search)
cout<<"nItem found at position"<<(mid+1);
if(search>ar[mid])
beg=mid+1;
else
end=mid-1;
}
cout<<"nSorry! "<<search<<" doesnot found.";
getch();
}
• Program of
binary
search in an
array.

How many numbers in the array: 4
Enter 4 numbers in ascending order12
14
26
47
Enter a number to search:26
Item found at position 3
Output

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