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Merge two sorted arrays as a single sorted array
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#include <stdio.h> | |
struct DynamicArray { | |
int* arr; | |
unsigned short size, cursor; //To track cursor's position | |
}; | |
int main() { | |
struct DynamicArray arrays[3] = {NULL, 0, 0}; | |
unsigned short i, j; //Loop counters | |
for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) { | |
//Taking the size | |
printf ("\nEnter the size of array %d : ", j + 1); | |
scanf ("%hu", &arrays[j].size); | |
//Dynamically allocate the memory for array with user-defined size | |
arrays[j].arr = (int*) calloc (arrays[j].size, sizeof (int)); | |
arrays[2].size += arrays[j].size; //Third array's size will be sum of other two | |
//Taking elements | |
for (i = 0; i < arrays[j].size; i++) { | |
printf ("Enter the element %hu of array %hu : ", i + 1, j + 1); | |
scanf ("%d", &arrays[j].arr[i]); | |
} | |
} | |
//Create the third array | |
arrays[2].arr = (int*) calloc (arrays[2].size, sizeof (int)); | |
//Loop trough the third array and pick the lowest numbers from other two arrays | |
for (i = 0; i < arrays[2].size; i++) { | |
//First array's element is smaller | |
if (arrays[0].cursor < arrays[0].size && arrays[0].arr[arrays[0].cursor] < arrays[1].arr[arrays[1].cursor]) { | |
arrays[2].arr[i] = arrays[0].arr[arrays[0].cursor]; | |
arrays[0].cursor++; //increment the cursor position by 1 | |
} | |
//Second array's element is smaller | |
else { | |
arrays[2].arr[i] = arrays[1].arr[arrays[1].cursor]; | |
arrays[1].cursor++; //increment the cursor position by 1 | |
} | |
printf ("\nThird array's element %hu is %d", i + 1, arrays[2].arr[i]); | |
} | |
//Exiting the program will free all memory on the heap so we don't need to use free() function in this program | |
return 0; | |
} |
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