C++ Program to Check horizontal and vertical symmetry in binary matrix
Last Updated :
23 Dec, 2022
Given a 2D binary matrix of N rows and M columns. The task is to check whether the matrix is horizontal symmetric, vertical symmetric, or both. The matrix is said to be horizontal symmetric if the first row is the same as the last row, the second row is the same as the second last row, and so on. And the matrix is said to be vertical symmetric if the first column is the same as the last column, the second column is the same as the second last column, and so on. Print "VERTICAL" if the matrix is vertically symmetric, "HORIZONTAL" if the matrix is vertically symmetric, "BOTH" if the matrix is vertical and horizontal symmetric, and "NO" if not symmetric.
Examples:
Input: N = 3 M = 3
0 1 0
0 0 0
0 1 0
Output: Both
First and third row are same and also second row
is in middle. So Horizontal Symmetric.
Similarly, First and third column are same and
also second column is in middle, so Vertical
Symmetric.
Input:
0 0 1
1 1 0
0 0 1.
Output: Both
The idea is to use pointers indicating two rows (or columns) and compare each cell of both the pointed rows (or columns).
For Horizontal Symmetry, initialize one pointer i = 0 and another pointer j = N - 1.
Now, compare each element of i-th row and j-th row. Increase i by 1 and decrease j by 1 in each loop cycle. If at least one, not an identical element, is found, mark the matrix as not horizontal symmetric.
Similarly, for Vertical Symmetry, initialize one pointer i = 0 and another pointer j = M - 1.
Now, compare each element of i-th column and j-th column. Increase i by 1 and decrease j by 1 in each loop cycle. If at least one, not an identical element, is found, mark the matrix as not vertical symmetric.
Below is the implementation of the above idea:
C++
// C++ program to find if a matrix is symmetric.
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define MAX 1000
using namespace std;
void checkHV(int arr[][MAX], int N, int M)
{
// Initializing as both horizontal and vertical
// symmetric.
bool horizontal = true, vertical = true;
// Checking for Horizontal Symmetry. We compare
// first row with last row, second row with second
// last row and so on.
for (int i = 0, k = N - 1; i < N / 2; i++, k--) {
// Checking each cell of a column.
for (int j = 0; j < M; j++) {
// check if every cell is identical
if (arr[i][j] != arr[k][j]) {
horizontal = false;
break;
}
}
}
// Checking for Vertical Symmetry. We compare
// first column with last column, second xolumn
// with second last column and so on.
for (int i = 0, k = M - 1; i < M / 2; i++, k--) {
// Checking each cell of a row.
for (int j = 0; j < N; j++) {
// check if every cell is identical
if (arr[i][j] != arr[k][j]) {
vertical = false;
break;
}
}
}
if (!horizontal && !vertical)
cout << "NO";
else if (horizontal && !vertical)
cout << "HORIZONTAL";
else if (vertical && !horizontal)
cout << "VERTICAL";
else
cout << "BOTH";
}
// Driven Program
int main()
{
int mat[MAX][MAX]
= { { 1, 0, 1 }, { 0, 0, 0 }, { 1, 0, 1 } };
checkHV(mat, 3, 3);
return 0;
}
Time Complexity: O(N*M).
Auxiliary Space: O(1) as it is using constant space for variables
Please refer complete article on Check horizontal and vertical symmetry in binary matrix for more details!
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