C Exercises: Find the majority element of an array

C Array: Exercise-33 with Solution

Write a program in C to find the majority element of an array.
A majority element in an array A[] of size n is an element that appears more than n/2 times (and hence there is at most one such element).

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Sample Solution:

C Code:

#include <stdio.h>

void findMajElem(int *arr1, int n) 
{
 int i,IndexOfMajElem = 0, ctr = 1;
    for(i = 1; i < n; i++) 
	{
        if(arr1[IndexOfMajElem] == arr1[i])
            ctr++;
        else
            ctr--;
         
        if(ctr == 0) {
            IndexOfMajElem = i;
            ctr = 1;
        }
    }
    ctr = 0;
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) 
	{
        if(arr1[i] == arr1[IndexOfMajElem])
            ctr++; 
 }
    if(ctr > (n/2))
        printf("Majority Element : %d\n", arr1[IndexOfMajElem]);
    else
        printf("There are no Majority Elements in the given array.\n");
}
 
int main()
{
    int i, ctr,m;
    int arr1[] = { 4, 8, 4, 6, 7, 4 , 4, 8};	
    ctr = sizeof(arr1)/sizeof(arr1[0]);
    printf("The given array is :  ");

	for(i = 0; i < ctr; i++)
	{
	printf("%d  ", arr1[i]);
    } 
    printf("\n");
	    findMajElem(arr1, ctr);
    return 0;
}

Sample Output:

The given array is :  4  8  4  6  7  4  4  8  
There are no Majority Elements in the given array.

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