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(a) Character as a Data Structure

A character in programming refers to a single symbol, letter, digit, or any other textual element that
is typically represented in a character encoding scheme such as ASCII or Unicode. As a data
structure, a character can be considered a primitive data type or part of a larger composite structure,
like strings or character arrays.
In terms of storage:
• A character is stored as a fixed-sized unit (e.g., 1 byte in ASCII, 2 bytes in UTF-16 for Java).
• It can hold individual characters such as 'A', '1', or symbols like '@'.

Characters in an array can serve as a basic building block for strings or perform specific operations
like searching, insertion, and deletion in text processing tasks.

(b) Operations on Characters in an Array Using Java

Explanation of Operations
• Insertion:
Adds a new character at the specified index, shifting subsequent elements to the right.
Java code to show insertion of characters in array

public class CharacterInsertion {


public static void main(String[] args) {
char[] charArray = {'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E'};
char newChar = 'F';
int position = 2; // Insert at index 2

char[] updatedArray = insertCharacter(charArray, newChar, position);


System.out.println("After Insertion: " + String.valueOf(updatedArray));
}

public static char[] insertCharacter(char[] array, char newChar, int position) {


char[] newArray = new char[array.length + 1];
for (int i = 0, j = 0; i < newArray.length; i++) {
if (i == position) {
newArray[i] = newChar; // Insert new character
} else {
newArray[i] = array[j++]; // Copy elements from old array
}
}
return newArray;
}
}
• Search:
Iterates through the array to locate a target character, returning its index.

Java code to show search of characters in array

public class CharacterSearch {


public static void main(String[] args) {
char[] charArray = {'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E'};
char target = 'C'; // Character to search

int index = searchCharacter(charArray, target);


if (index != -1) {
System.out.println("'" + target + "' found at index: " + index);
} else {
System.out.println("'" + target + "' not found in the array.");
}
}

public static int searchCharacter(char[] array, char target) {


for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
if (array[i] == target) {
return i; // Found
}
}
return -1; // Not found
}
}

• Deletion:
Removes a character from the array, creating a new array with one less element and skipping
the target index.
• Java code to show deletion of characters in array

public class CharacterDeletion {


public static void main(String[] args) {
char[] charArray = {'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E'};
int position = 3; // Delete the character at index 3
char[] updatedArray = deleteCharacter(charArray, position);
System.out.println("After Deletion: " + String.valueOf(updatedArray));
}

public static char[] deleteCharacter(char[] array, int position) {


if (position < 0 || position >= array.length) {
System.out.println("Invalid position");
return array; // Return original array if position is invalid
}
char[] newArray = new char[array.length - 1];
for (int i = 0, j = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
if (i != position) {
// Copy all except the deleted element
newArray[j++] = array[i];
} }
return newArray;
}
}

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