C Exercises: Count a total number of duplicate elements in an array
C Array: Exercise-5 with Solution
Write a program in C to count the total number of duplicate elements in an array.
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Sample Solution:
C Code:
#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
int arr1[100];
int arr2[100];
int arr3[100];
int n,mm=1,ctr=0;
int i, j;
printf("\n\nCount total number of duplicate elements in an array:\n");
printf("---------------------------------------------------------\n");
printf("Input the number of elements to be stored in the array :");
scanf("%d",&n);
printf("Input %d elements in the array :\n",n);
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
{
printf("element - %d : ",i);
scanf("%d",&arr1[i]);
}
/*----------------- copy in other array ------------------------------------*/
for(i=0;i<n; i++)
{
arr2[i]=arr1[i];
arr3[i]=0;
}
/*------------------- mark the elements are duplicate -------------------------*/
for(i=0;i<n; i++)
{
for(j=0;j<n;j++)
{
if(arr1[i]==arr2[j])
{
arr3[j]=mm;
mm++;
}
}
mm=1;
}
/*--------------- Prints the array ------------------------------------*/
for(i=0; i<n; i++)
{
if(arr3[i]==2){ctr++;}
}
printf("The total number of duplicate elements found in the array is: %d \n", ctr);
printf("\n\n");
}
Sample Output:
Count total number of duplicate elements in an array: --------------------------------------------------------- Input the number of elements to be stored in the array :3 Input 3 elements in the array : element - 0 : 5 element - 1 : 1 element - 2 : 1 Total number of duplicate elements found in the array is : 1
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