Count pairs from a given array whose product lies in a given range

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

Given an array arr[] of size N, and integers L and R, the task is to count the number of pairs [arr_i, arr_j] such that i < j and the product of arr[i] * arr[j]lies in the given range [L, R], i.e. L ? arr[i] * arr[j] ? R.

Examples:

Input: arr[ ] = {4, 1, 2, 5}, L = 4, R = 9
Output: 3
Explanation: Valid pairs are {4, 1}, {1, 5} and {4, 2}.

Input: arr[ ] = {1, 2, 5, 10, 5}, L = 2, R = 15
Output: 6
Explanation: Valid pairs are {1, 2}, {1, 5}, {1, 10}, {1, 5}, {2, 5}, {2, 5}.

Naive Approach: The simplest approach to solve the problem is to generate all possible pairs from the array and for each pair, check if its product lies in the range [L, R] or not.

C++

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

// Function to Count pairs from a given array
// whose product lies in a given range
int countPairs(int arr[], int L, int R, int N)
{
    // Variable to store the count
    int count = 0;
    
    // Iterating through the array and
    // counting all pairs whose product
    // is in the range
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
        for (int j = i + 1; j < N; j++) {
            // Condition
            if (arr[i]*arr[j] >= L && arr[i]*arr[j] <= R) {
                count++;
            }
        }
    }
    // Print the count
    cout<<count<<endl;
}

// Driver Code
int main()
{
    // Given Input
    int arr[] = { 4, 1, 2, 5 };
    int l = 4, r = 9;
 
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
 
    // Function Call
    countPairs(arr, l, r, n);

    return 0;
}
// This code is contributed Pushpesh Raj

Java

// Java code for above approach
import java.io.*;

class GFG {

// Function to Count pairs from a given array
// whose product lies in a given range
static void countPairs(int arr[], int L, int R, int N)
{
    // Variable to store the count
    int count = 0;
    
    // Iterating through the array and
    // counting all pairs whose product
    // is in the range
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
        for (int j = i + 1; j < N; j++) {
            // Condition
            if (arr[i]*arr[j] >= L && arr[i]*arr[j] <= R) {
                count++;
            }
        }
    }
    // Print the count
    System.out.println(count);
}

// Driver Code
public static void main (String[] args)
{
    // Given Input
    int arr[] = { 4, 1, 2, 5 };
    int l = 4, r = 9;

    int n = arr.length;

    // Function Call
    countPairs(arr, l, r, n);

}

}
// This code is contributed Utkarsh Kumar.

Python3

# Python code

# Function to Count pairs from a given array
# whose product lies in a given range
def countPairs(arr, L, R, N): 
    # Variable to store the count
    count = 0
    
    # Iterating through the array and
    # counting all pairs whose product
    # is in the range
    for i in range(N): 
        for j in range(i + 1, N): 
            # Condition
            if (arr[i]*arr[j] >= L and arr[i]*arr[j] <= R): 
                count += 1
  
    # Print the count
    print(count)
  
# Driver Code
if __name__ == "__main__": 
    # Given Input
    arr = [ 4, 1, 2, 5 ]
    l = 4
    r = 9
 
    N = len(arr) 
 
    # Function Call
    countPairs(arr, l, r, N)

using System;

class GFG {
    // Function to Count pairs from a given array whose 
   // product lies in a given range
    static void countPairs(int[] arr, int L, int R, int N) {
        // Variable to store the count
        int count = 0;
        
        // Iterating through the array and counting all pairs 
       // whose product is in the range
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
            for (int j = i + 1; j < N; j++) {
                // Condition
                if (arr[i] * arr[j] >= L && arr[i] * arr[j] <= R) {
                    count++;
                }
            }
        }
        // Print the count
        Console.WriteLine(count);
    }

    public static void Main() {
        // Given Input
        int[] arr = { 4, 1, 2, 5 };
        int l = 4;
          int r = 9;
      
        int n = arr.Length;

        // Function Call
        countPairs(arr, l, r, n);
    }
}

JavaScript

// Function to Count pairs from a given array
// whose product lies in a given range
function countPairs(arr, L, R, N) {
// Variable to store the count
let count = 0;
// Iterating through the array and
// counting all pairs whose product
// is in the range
for (let i = 0; i < N; i++) { 
    for (let j = i + 1; j < N; j++) { 
        // Condition
        if (arr[i]*arr[j] >= L && arr[i]*arr[j] <= R) { 
            count += 1;
        }
    }
}

// Print the count
console.log(count);
}

// Driver Code
if (true) {
// Given Input
let arr = [ 4, 1, 2, 5 ];
let l = 4;
let r = 9;
let N = arr.length;

// Function Call
countPairs(arr, l, r, N);
}

Output

Time Complexity: O(N²)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

Efficient Approach: This problem can be solved by Sorting and Binary Search technique. Follow the steps below to solve this problem:

Sort the array arr[].
Initialize a variable, say ans as 0, to store the number of pairs whose product lies in the range [L, R].
Iterate over the range [0, N-1] using a variable i and perform the following steps:
- Find upper bound of an element such that the element is less than equal to R / arr[i].
- Find lower bound of an element such that the element is greater than or equal to L / arr[i].
- Add upper bound - lower bound to ans
After completing the above steps, print ans.

Below is the implementation of the above approach.

C++

#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

// Function to count pairs from an array whose product lies in the range [l, r]
int countPairs(vector<int> arr, int l, int r, int n) {
    // Sort the array arr[]
    sort(arr.begin(), arr.end());

    // Stores the final answer
    int ans = 0;

    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        // Upper Bound for arr[j] such that arr[j] <= r/arr[i]
        auto itr1 = upper_bound(arr.begin(), arr.end(), r / arr[i]);

        // Lower Bound for arr[j] such that arr[j] >= l/arr[i]
        auto itr2 = lower_bound(arr.begin(), arr.end(), (l + arr[i] - 1) / arr[i]);

        ans += max(0, (int)(itr1 - itr2) - (arr[i] * arr[i] >= l && arr[i] * arr[i] <= r));
    }

    // Return the answer
    return ans / 2;
}

// Driver Code
int main() {
    // Given Input
    vector<int> arr = {4, 1, 2, 5};
    int l = 4;
    int r = 9;

    int n = arr.size();

    // Function Call
    cout << countPairs(arr, l, r, n) << endl;

    return 0;
}

Java

// Java program for above approach
import java.util.Arrays;

class GFG{
    
// Function to count pairs from an array
// whose product lies in the range [l, r]
public static void countPairs(int[] arr, int l, 
                              int r, int n)
{
    
    // Sort the array arr[]
    Arrays.sort(arr);

    // Stores the final answer
    int ans = 0;

    for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) 
    {
        
        // Upper Bound for arr[j] such
        // that arr[j] <= r/arr[i]
        int itr1 = upper_bound(arr, 0, arr.length - 1, 
                               l / arr[i]);

        // Lower Bound for arr[j] such
        // that arr[j] >= l/arr[i]
        int itr2 = lower_bound(arr, 0, arr.length - 1, 
                               l / arr[i]);
        ans += itr1 - itr2;
    }

    // Print the answer
    System.out.println(ans);
}

public static int lower_bound(int[] arr, int low,
                              int high, int X)
{
    
    // Base Case
    if (low > high) 
    {
        return low;
    }

    // Find the middle index
    int mid = low + (high - low) / 2;

    // If arr[mid] is greater than
    // or equal to X then search
    // in left subarray
    if (arr[mid] >= X) 
    {
        return lower_bound(arr, low, mid - 1, X);
    }

    // If arr[mid] is less than X
    // then search in right subarray
    return lower_bound(arr, mid + 1, high, X);
}

public static int upper_bound(int[] arr, int low, 
                              int high, int X) 
{
    
    // Base Case
    if (low > high)
        return low;

    // Find the middle index
    int mid = low + (high - low) / 2;

    // If arr[mid] is less than
    // or equal to X search in
    // right subarray
    if (arr[mid] <= X)
    {
        return upper_bound(arr, mid + 1, high, X);
    }

    // If arr[mid] is greater than X
    // then search in left subarray
    return upper_bound(arr, low, mid - 1, X);
}

// Driver Code
public static void main(String args[])
{
    
    // Given Input
    int[] arr = { 4, 1, 2, 5 };
    int l = 4, r = 9;
    int n = arr.length;

    // Function Call
    countPairs(arr, l, r, n);
}
}

// This code is contributed by gfgking.

Python3

# Python program for above approach

# Function to count pairs from an array
# whose product lies in the range [l, r]
def countPairs(arr, l, r, n):

    # Sort the array arr[]
    arr[::-1]

    # Stores the final answer
    ans = 0;

    for i in range(n):

        # Upper Bound for arr[j] such
        # that arr[j] <= r/arr[i]
        itr1 = upper_bound(arr, 0, len(arr) - 1, l // arr[i])

        # Lower Bound for arr[j] such
        # that arr[j] >= l/arr[i]
        itr2 = lower_bound(arr, 0, len(arr) - 1, l // arr[i]);

        ans += itr1 - itr2;

    # Print the answer
    print(ans);

def lower_bound(arr, low, high, X):

    # Base Case
    if (low > high):
        return low;

    # Find the middle index
    mid = low + (high - low) // 2;

    # If arr[mid] is greater than
    # or equal to X then search
    # in left subarray
    if (arr[mid] >= X):
        return lower_bound(arr, low, mid - 1, X);

    # If arr[mid] is less than X
    # then search in right subarray
    return lower_bound(arr, mid + 1, high, X);

def upper_bound(arr, low, high, X):

    # Base Case
    if (low > high):
        return low;

    # Find the middle index
    mid = low + (high - low) // 2;

    # If arr[mid] is less than
    # or equal to X search in
    # right subarray
    if (arr[mid] <= X):
        return upper_bound(arr, mid + 1, high, X);

    # If arr[mid] is greater than X
    # then search in left subarray
    return upper_bound(arr, low, mid - 1, X);


# Driver Code

# Given Input
arr = [4, 1, 2, 5];
l = 4;
r = 9;

n = len(arr)

# Function Call
countPairs(arr, l, r, n);

# This code is contributed by _Saurabh_Jaiswal.

// C# program for the above approach
using System;

class GFG{

// Function to count pairs from an array
// whose product lies in the range [l, r]
public static void countPairs(int[] arr, int l,
                              int r, int n)
{
    
    // Sort the array arr[]
    Array.Sort(arr);
 
    // Stores the final answer
    int ans = 0;
 
    for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        
        // Upper Bound for arr[j] such
        // that arr[j] <= r/arr[i]
        int itr1 = upper_bound(arr, 0, arr.Length - 1,
                               l / arr[i]);
 
        // Lower Bound for arr[j] such
        // that arr[j] >= l/arr[i]
        int itr2 = lower_bound(arr, 0, arr.Length - 1,
                               l / arr[i]);
        ans += itr1 - itr2;
    }
 
    // Print the answer
    Console.WriteLine(ans);
}
 
public static int lower_bound(int[] arr, int low,
                              int high, int X)
{
    
    // Base Case
    if (low > high)
    {
        return low;
    }
 
    // Find the middle index
    int mid = low + (high - low) / 2;
 
    // If arr[mid] is greater than
    // or equal to X then search
    // in left subarray
    if (arr[mid] >= X)
    {
        return lower_bound(arr, low, mid - 1, X);
    }
 
    // If arr[mid] is less than X
    // then search in right subarray
    return lower_bound(arr, mid + 1, high, X);
}
 
public static int upper_bound(int[] arr, int low,
                              int high, int X)
{
    
    // Base Case
    if (low > high)
        return low;
 
    // Find the middle index
    int mid = low + (high - low) / 2;
 
    // If arr[mid] is less than
    // or equal to X search in
    // right subarray
    if (arr[mid] <= X)
    {
        return upper_bound(arr, mid + 1, high, X);
    }
 
    // If arr[mid] is greater than X
    // then search in left subarray
    return upper_bound(arr, low, mid - 1, X);
}

// Driver code
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    
    // Given Input
    int[] arr = { 4, 1, 2, 5 };
    int l = 4, r = 9;
    int n = arr.Length;
    
    // Function Call
    countPairs(arr, l, r, n);
}
}

// This code is contributed by sanjoy_62

JavaScript

<script>
// Javascript program for above approach

// Function to count pairs from an array
// whose product lies in the range [l, r]
function countPairs(arr, l, r, n)
{

    // Sort the array arr[]
    arr.sort((a, b) => a - b);

    // Stores the final answer
    let ans = 0;

    for (let i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {

        // Upper Bound for arr[j] such
        // that arr[j] <= r/arr[i]
        let itr1 = upper_bound(arr, 0, arr.length - 1, Math.floor(l / arr[i]));

        // Lower Bound for arr[j] such
        // that arr[j] >= l/arr[i]
         let itr2 = lower_bound(arr, 0, arr.length - 1, Math.floor(l / arr[i]));
         ans += itr1 - itr2;
    }

    // Print the answer
    document.write(ans + "<br>");
}



function lower_bound(arr, low, high, X) {

    // Base Case
    if (low > high) {
        return low;
    }

    // Find the middle index
    let mid = Math.floor(low + (high - low) / 2);

    // If arr[mid] is greater than
    // or equal to X then search
    // in left subarray
    if (arr[mid] >= X) {
        return lower_bound(arr, low, mid - 1, X);
    }

    // If arr[mid] is less than X
    // then search in right subarray
    return lower_bound(arr, mid + 1, high, X);
}


function upper_bound(arr, low, high, X) {

    // Base Case
    if (low > high)
        return low;

    // Find the middle index
    let mid = Math.floor(low + (high - low) / 2);

    // If arr[mid] is less than
    // or equal to X search in
    // right subarray
    if (arr[mid] <= X) {
        return upper_bound(arr, mid + 1, high, X);
    }

    // If arr[mid] is greater than X
    // then search in left subarray
    return upper_bound(arr, low, mid - 1, X);
}

// Driver Code

// Given Input
let arr = [4, 1, 2, 5];
let l = 4, r = 9;

let n = arr.length

// Function Call
countPairs(arr, l, r, n);

// This code is contributed by gfgking.
</script>

Output:

Time Complexity: O(NlogN)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

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