Given two sorted arrays, find their union and intersection.
Example:
Input : arr1 = {1, 3, 4, 5, 7} arr2 = {2, 3, 5, 6} Output : Union : {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} Intersection : {3, 5} Input : arr1 = {2, 5, 6} arr2 = {4, 6, 8, 10} Output : Union : {2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10} Intersection : {6}
Union of arrays arr1[] and arr2[]
To find union of two sorted arrays, follow the following merge procedure :
- Use two index variables i and j, initial values i = 0, j = 0
- If arr1[i] is smaller than arr2[j] then print arr1[i] and increment i.
- If arr1[i] is greater than arr2[j] then print arr2[j] and increment j.
- If both are same then print any of them and increment both i and j.
- Print remaining elements of the larger array.
Below is the implementation of the above approach :
- C
// C program to find union of
// two sorted arrays
#include <stdio.h>
/* Function prints union of arr1[] and arr2[]
m is the number of elements in arr1[]
n is the number of elements in arr2[] */
void printUnion( int arr1[], int arr2[], int m, int n)
{
int i = 0, j = 0;
while (i < m && j < n) {
if (arr1[i] < arr2[j])
printf ( " %d " , arr1[i++]);
else if (arr2[j] < arr1[i])
printf ( " %d " , arr2[j++]);
else {
printf ( " %d " , arr2[j++]);
i++;
}
}
/* Print remaining elements of the larger array */
while (i < m)
printf ( " %d " , arr1[i++]);
while (j < n)
printf ( " %d " , arr2[j++]);
}
/* Driver program to test above function */
int main()
{
int arr1[] = { 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 };
int arr2[] = { 2, 3, 5, 7 };
int m = sizeof (arr1) / sizeof (arr1[0]);
int n = sizeof (arr2) / sizeof (arr2[0]);
printUnion(arr1, arr2, m, n);
getchar ();
return 0;
}
Output:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Time Complexity : O(m + n)