Number of indices pair such that element pair sum from first Array is greater than second Array

Given two integer arrays A[] and B[] of equal sizes, the task is to find the number of pairs of indices {i, j} in the arrays such that A[i] + A[j] > B[i] + B[j] and i < j.
Examples: 
 

Input: A[] = {4, 8, 2, 6, 2}, B[] = {4, 5, 4, 1, 3} 
Output: 7 
Explanation: 
There are a total of 7 pairs of indices {i, j} in the array following the condition. They are: 
{0, 1}: A[0] + A[1] > B[0] + B[1] 
{0, 3}: A[0] + A[3] > B[0] + B[3] 
{1, 2}: A[1] + A[2] > B[1] + B[2] 
{1, 3}: A[1] + A[3] > B[1] + B[3] 
{1, 4}: A[1] + A[4] > B[1] + B[4] 
{2, 3}: A[2] + A[3] > B[2] + B[3] 
{3, 4}: A[3] + A[4] > B[3] + B[4]
Input: A[] = {1, 3, 2, 4}, B[] = {1, 3, 2, 4} 
Output: 0 
Explanation: 
No such possible pairs of {i, j} can be found that satisfies the given condition 
 

Naive Approach: The naive approach is to consider all the possible pairs of {i, j} in the given arrays and check if A[i] + A[j] > B[i] + B[j]. This can be done by using the concept of nested loops.
Time Complexity: O(N²)

Implementation:-

// C++ program to find the number of indices pair
// such that pair sum from first Array
// is greater than second Array

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

// Function to get the number of pairs of indices
// {i, j} in the given two arrays A and B such that
// A[i] + A[j] > B[i] + B[j]
int getPairs(vector<int> A, vector<int> B, int n)
{
      //variable to store answer
      int ans=0;
      
      //iterating over array
      for(int i=0;i<n-1;i++)
    {
          for(int j=i+1;j<n;j++)
        {
              //if found such element then increase answer
              if(A[i]+A[j]>B[i]+B[j])ans++;
        }
    }
      return ans;
}

// Driver code
int main()
{
      //size of array A and B
    int n = 5;
    vector<int> A;
    vector<int> B;

    A.push_back(4);
    A.push_back(8);
    A.push_back(2);
    A.push_back(6);
    A.push_back(2);

    B.push_back(4);
    B.push_back(5);
    B.push_back(4);
    B.push_back(1);
    B.push_back(3);

    cout << getPairs(A, B, n);
      return 0;
}
//code contributed by shubhamrajput6156

// Java program to find the number of indices pair such that
// pair sum from first Array is greater than second Array

import java.util.*;

public class Main {

    // Function to get the number of pairs of indices
    // {i, j} in the given two arrays A and B such that
    // A[i] + A[j] > B[i] + B[j]
    public static int getPairs(int[] A, int[] B, int n)
    {
        // variable to store answer
        int ans = 0;

            // iterating over array
            for (int i = 0; i < n - 1; i++)
        {
            for (int j = i + 1; j < n; j++) {
                // if found such element then increase
                // answer
                if (A[i] + A[j] > B[i] + B[j])
                    ans++;
            }
        }
        return ans;
    }

    // Driver code
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // size of array A and B
        int n = 5;
        int[] A = { 4, 8, 2, 6, 2 };
        int[] B = { 4, 5, 4, 1, 3 };

        System.out.println(getPairs(A, B, n));
    }
}

# Python 3 program to find the number of indices pair
# such that pair sum from first Array
# is greater than second Array

# Function to get the number of pairs of indices
# {i, j} in the given two arrays A and B such that
# A[i] + A[j] > B[i] + B[j]
def getPairs(A, B, n):
  
      # variable to store answer
    ans = 0
    for i in range(n - 1):
        for j in range(i + 1, n):
          
            # if found such element then increase answer
            if A[i] + A[j] > B[i] + B[j]:
                ans += 1
    return ans

  #driver code
n=5
A = []
A.append(4)
A.append(8)
A.append(2)
A.append(6)
A.append(2)

B = []
B.append(4)
B.append(5)
B.append(4)
B.append(1)
B.append(3)

print(getPairs(A, B, n))

# This code is contributed by redmoonz.

// C# program to find the number of indices pair such that
// pair sum from first Array is greater than second Array
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class GFG {

  // Function to get the number of pairs of indices
  // {i, j} in the given two arrays A and B such that
  // A[i] + A[j] > B[i] + B[j]
  static int GetPairs(List<int> A, List<int> B, int n)
  {

    // variable to store answer
    int ans = 0;

    // iterating over array
    for (int i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
      for (int j = i + 1; j < n; j++) {

        // if found such element then increase
        // answer
        if (A[i] + A[j] > B[i] + B[j]) {
          ans++;
        }
      }
    }

    return ans;
  }

  // Driver code
  static public void Main(string[] args)
  {

    // size of array A and B
    int n = 5;
    List<int> A = new List<int>{ 4, 8, 2, 6, 2 };
    List<int> B = new List<int>{ 4, 5, 4, 1, 3 };

    Console.WriteLine(GetPairs(A, B, n));
  }
}

// This Code is Contributed by Prasad Kandekar(prasad264)

// Function to get the number of pairs of indices
// {i, j} in the given two arrays A and B such that
// A[i] + A[j] > B[i] + B[j]

function getPairs(A, B, n)
{
    // variable to store answer
    let ans = 0;

    // iterating over array
    for (let i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
        for (let j = i + 1; j < n; j++) {
            // if found such element then increase answer
            if (A[i] + A[j] > B[i] + B[j])
                ans++;
        }
    }
    return ans;
}

// Driver code
function main()
{
    // size of array A and B
    let n = 5;
    let A = [ 4, 8, 2, 6, 2 ];
    let B = [ 4, 5, 4, 1, 3 ];

    console.log(getPairs(A, B, n));
}

main();

Output:- 7

Time Complexity:- O(N^2)

Space Complexity:- O(1)

Efficient Approach: The key observation from the problem is that the given condition can also be visualised as (ai-bi) + (aj-bj)> 0 so we can make another array to store the difference of both arrays. let this array be D . Therefore, the problem reduces to finding pairs with Di+Dj>0. Now we can sort D array and for each corresponding element Di we will find the no of good pairs that Di can make and add this no of pairs to a count variable.For each element Di to find the no of good pairs it can make we can use the upper_bound function of the standard template library to find the upper bound of -Di. since the array is sorted so all elements present after -Di will also make good pair with Di .thus,if upper bound of -Di is x and n be the total size of array then total pairs corresponding to Di will be n-x. This approach takes O(NlogN) time.
 

• The given condition in the question can be rewritten as: 
   

A[i] + A[j] > B[i] + B[j]
A[i] + A[j] - B[i] - B[j] > 0
(A[i] - B[i]) + (A[j] - B[j]) > 0

• Create another array, say D, to store the difference between elements at the corresponding index in both array, i.e. 
• If we carefully look at the last condition ( (A[i] - B[i]) + (A[j] - B[j]) > 0 ) then it is quite obvious that the given condition i<j is trivial and non significant. Therefore, now we only have to find pairs in D such that their sum is > 0.
   

D[i] = A[i] - B[i]

• Now to make sure that the constraint i < j is satisfied, sort the difference array D, so that each element i is smaller than elements to its right.
• If at some index i, the value in the difference array D is negative, then we only need to find the nearest position 'j' at which the value is just greater than -D[i], so that on summation the value becomes > 0.
  Inorder to find such index 'j', upper_bound() function or Binary Search can be used, since the array is sorted.
• If at some index i, the value in array D is positive, then that means all the values after it will be positive as well. Therefore total no. of pair from index i to n-1 will be equal to n-i-1.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

// C++ program to find the number of indices pair
// such that pair sum from first Array
// is greater than second Array

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

// Function to get the number of pairs of indices
// {i, j} in the given two arrays A and B such that
// A[i] + A[j] > B[i] + B[j]
int getPairs(vector<int> A, vector<int> B, int n)
{
    // Initializing the difference array D
    vector<int> D(n);

    // Computing the difference between the
    // elements at every index and storing
    // it in the array D
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        D[i] = A[i] - B[i];
    }

    // Sort the array D
    sort(D.begin(), D.end());

    // Variable to store the total
    // number of pairs that satisfy
    // the given condition
    long long total = 0;

    // Loop to iterate through the difference
    // array D and find the total number
    // of pairs of indices that follow the
    // given condition
    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {

        // If the value at that index is negative or zero
        // then we need to find the index of the
        // value just greater than -D[i]
        if (D[i] <= 0) {
            int k = upper_bound(D.begin(), D.end(), -D[i])
                    - D.begin();
            total += n - k;
        }

        // If the value at the index is positive
        // then we need to find the number of indexes after i-th index
      
        else {
            total += n-i-1;
        }
    }
    return total;
}

// Driver code
int main()
{
    int n = 5;
    vector<int> A;
    vector<int> B;

    A.push_back(4);
    A.push_back(8);
    A.push_back(2);
    A.push_back(6);
    A.push_back(2);

    B.push_back(4);
    B.push_back(5);
    B.push_back(4);
    B.push_back(1);
    B.push_back(3);

    cout << getPairs(A, B, n);
}

// This code is contributed by Udit Mehta

// Java program to find the number of indices pair
// such that pair sum from first Array
// is greater than second Array
import java.util.*;

class GFG{

// Function to get the number of pairs of indices
// {i, j} in the given two arrays A and B such that
// A[i] + A[j] > B[i] + B[j]
static long getPairs(Vector<Integer> A, Vector<Integer> B, int n)
{
    // Initializing the difference array D
    int []D = new int[n];

    // Computing the difference between the
    // elements at every index and storing
    // it in the array D
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        D[i] = A.get(i) - B.get(i);
    }

    // Sort the array D
    Arrays.sort(D);

    // Variable to store the total
    // number of pairs that satisfy
    // the given condition
    long total = 0;

    // Loop to iterate through the difference
    // array D and find the total number
    // of pairs of indices that follow the
    // given condition
    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {

        // If the value at that index is negative or zero
        // then we need to find the index of the
        // value just greater than -D[i]
        if (D[i] <= 0) {
            int k = upper_bound(D,0,D.length, -D[i]);
            total += n - k;
        }

        // If the value at the index is positive
        // then we need to find the number of indexes after i-th index
      
        else {
            total += n-i-1;
        }
    }
    return total;
}
static int upper_bound(int[] a, int low, 
                        int high, int element)
{
    while(low < high){
        int middle = low + (high - low)/2;
        if(a[middle] > element)
            high = middle;
        else
            low = middle + 1;
    }
    return low;
} 

// Driver code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
    int n = 5;
    Vector<Integer> A = new Vector<Integer>();
    Vector<Integer> B= new Vector<Integer>();

    A.add(4);
    A.add(8);
    A.add(2);
    A.add(6);
    A.add(2);

    B.add(4);
    B.add(5);
    B.add(4);
    B.add(1);
    B.add(3);

    System.out.print(getPairs(A, B, n));
}
}

// This code is contributed by Udit Mehta

# Python 3 program to find the number of indices pair
# such that pair sum from first Array
# is greater than second Array
import bisect 

# Function to get the number of pairs of indices
# {i, j} in the given two arrays A and B such that
# A[i] + A[j] > B[i] + B[j]
def getPairs(A,  B, n):

    # Initializing the difference array D
    D = [0]*(n)
 
    # Computing the difference between the
    # elements at every index and storing
    # it in the array D
    for i in range(n):
        D[i] = A[i] - B[i]
 
    # Sort the array D
    D.sort()
 
    # Variable to store the total
    # number of pairs that satisfy
    # the given condition
    total = 0
 
    # Loop to iterate through the difference
    # array D and find the total number
    # of pairs of indices that follow the
    # given condition
    for i in range(0,n):
 
        # If the value at that index is negative
        # then we need to find the index of the
        # value just greater than -D[i]
       if(D[i] <=  0):
            k = bisect.bisect_right(D, -D[i], 0, len(D))
            total += n - k
            
        # If the value at the index i is positive,
        # then we need to find the number of indexes after i-th index
        
       else:
            total += n-i-1
 
        
    return total
 
# Driver code
if __name__ == "__main__":
    
    n = 5
    A = []
    B = []
 
    A.append(4);
    A.append(8);
    A.append(2);
    A.append(6);
    A.append(2);
 
    B.append(4);
    B.append(5);
    B.append(4);
    B.append(1);
    B.append(3);
 
    print(getPairs(A, B, n))

# This code is contributed by Udit Mehta

// C# program to find the number of indices pair
// such that pair sum from first Array
// is greater than second Array
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

class GFG{
 
// Function to get the number of pairs of indices
// {i, j} in the given two arrays A and B such that
// A[i] + A[j] > B[i] + B[j]
static long getPairs(List<int> A, List<int> B, int n)
{
    // Initializing the difference array D
    int []D = new int[n];
 
    // Computing the difference between the
    // elements at every index and storing
    // it in the array D
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        D[i] = A[i] - B[i];
    }
 
    // Sort the array D
    Array.Sort(D);
 
    // Variable to store the total
    // number of pairs that satisfy
    // the given condition
    long total = 0;
 
    // Loop to iterate through the difference
    // array D and find the total number
    // of pairs of indices that follow the
    // given condition
    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {

        // If the value at that index is negative or zero
        // then we need to find the index of the
        // value just greater than -D[i]
        if (D[i] <= 0) {
            int k = upper_bound(D,0,D.Length, -D[i]);
            total += n - k;
        }

        // If the value at the index is positive
        // then we need to find the number of indexes after i-th index
        else {
            total += n-i-1;
        }
    }
    return total;
}
static int upper_bound(int[] a, int low, 
                        int high, int element)
{
    while(low < high){
        int middle = low + (high - low)/2;
        if(a[middle] > element)
            high = middle;
        else
            low = middle + 1;
    }
    return low;
} 
 
// Driver code
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
    int n = 5;
    List<int> A = new List<int>();
    List<int> B= new List<int>();
 
    A.Add(4);
    A.Add(8);
    A.Add(2);
    A.Add(6);
    A.Add(2);
 
    B.Add(4);
    B.Add(5);
    B.Add(4);
    B.Add(1);
    B.Add(3);
 
    Console.Write(getPairs(A, B, n));
}
}

// This code is contributed by Udit Mehta

<script>
// Javascript program to find the number of indices pair
// such that pair sum from first Array
// is greater than second Array


// Function to get the number of pairs of indices
// {i, j} in the given two arrays A and B such that
// A[i] + A[j] > B[i] + B[j]
function getPairs(A, B, n)
{
    // Initializing the difference array D
    let D = new Array(n);

    // Computing the difference between the
    // elements at every index and storing
    // it in the array D
    for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        D[i] = A[i] - B[i];
    }

    // Sort the array D
    D.sort((a, b) => a - b);

    // Variable to store the total
    // number of pairs that satisfy
    // the given condition
    let total = 0;

    // Loop to iterate through the difference
    // array D and find the total number
    // of pairs of indices that follow the
    // given condition
    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {

        // If the value at that index is negative or zero
        // then we need to find the index of the
        // value just greater than -D[i]
        if (D[i] <= 0) {
            int k = upper_bound(D,0,D.length, -D[i]);
            total += n - k;
        }

        // If the value at the index is positive
        //then we need to find the number of indexes after i-th index
        else {
            total += n-i-1;
        }
    }
    return total;
}

function upper_bound(a, low, high, element)
{
    while(low < high){
        let middle = low +  Math.floor((high - low)/2);
        if(a[middle] > element)
            high = middle;
        else
            low = middle + 1;
    }
    return low;
} 

// Driver code

    let n = 5;
    let A = new Array();
    let B = new Array();

    A.push(4);
    A.push(8);
    A.push(2);
    A.push(6);
    A.push(2);

    B.push(4);
    B.push(5);
    B.push(4);
    B.push(1);
    B.push(3);

    document.write(getPairs(A, B, n))

</script>

// This code is contributed by Udit Mehta

7

Time Complexity Analysis: 

• The sorting of the array takes O(N * log(N)) time.
• The time taken to find the index which is just greater than a specific value is O(Log(N)). Since in the worst case, this can be executed for N elements in the array, the overall time complexity for this is O(N * log(N)).
• Therefore, the overall time complexity is O(N * log(N)).