 Linear arrays: Memory representation

 Traversal
 Insertion
 Deletion
 Linear Search
 Binary Search
 Merging
 2D Array : Memory representation

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 CONTENTS
2.1 Introductions
2.2 Linear Array
2.2.1 Linear Array Representations in Memory
2.2.2 Traversing Algorithm
2.2.3 Insert Algorithms
2.2.4 Delete Algorithms
2.2.5 Sequential and Binary Search Algorithm
2.2.6 Merging Algorithm
2.3 Multidimensional Array
2.3.1 2-D Array
2.3.2 Representations in Memory
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 2.1 Introduction
Data Structure can be classified as:
 linear
 non-linear
Linear (elements arranged in sequential in memory
location) i.e. array & linear link-list
Non-linear such as a tree and graph.
Operations:
 Traversing, Searching, Inserting, Deleting, Sorting, Merging
Array is used to store a fix size for data and a link-list
the data can be varies in size.

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 2.1 Introduction
Advantages of an Array:
Very simple
Economy – if full use of memory
Random accessed at the same time

Disadvantage of an Array:
wasting memory if not fully used
Stores same data types’ elements

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 2.2 Linear Array
 Homogeneous data:
a) Elements are represented through indexes.
b) Elements are saved in sequential in memory locations.
 Number of elements, N –> length or size of an array.
If:
UB : upper bound ( the largest index)
LB : lower bound (the smallest index)
Then: N = UB – LB + 1
Length = N = UB when LB = 1

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 2.2 Linear Array
 All elements in A are written symbolically as, 1 .. n is the
subscript.
A1, A2, A3, .... , An
 In FORTRAN and BASIC  A(1), A(2), ..., A(N)
 In Pascal, C/C++ and Java  A[0], A[1], ..., A[N-1]
 subscript starts from 0
LB = 0, UB = N–1

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2.2.1 Representation of Array in a Memory
 The process to determine the address in a memory:
a) First address – base address.
b) Relative address to base address through index function.

Example: char X[100];

Let char uses 1 location storage.
If the base address is 1200 then the next element is in 1201.
Index Function is written as:
Loc (X[i]) = Loc(X[0]) + i , i is subscript and LB =
0

1200 1201 1202 1203

X[0] X[1] X[2]

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 2.2.1 Representation of Array in a Memory

 In general, index function:

Loc (X[i]) = Loc(X[LB]) + w*(i-LB);

where w is length of memory location required.

For real number: 4 byte, integer: 2 byte and character: 1 byte.

 Example:
If LB = 5, Loc(X[LB]) = 1200, and w = 4, find Loc(X[8]) ?
Loc(X[8])= Loc(X[5]) + 4*(8 – 5)
= 1212

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 2.2.2 Traversing Algorithm (While loop)
 Traversing operation means visit every element once,
whether processed or not.
Traversal(LA,N): This is an algorithm to traverse N
elements of an array LA ..
1. [Assign counter]Set K:=0.
2. Repeat step 2.1 and 2.2 while K <= UB
2.1 [visit element]
do PROCESS on LA[K].
2.2 [add counter]
Set K:=K+1
[end of while loop]
4. exit.
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2.2.2 Traversing Algorithm
(for loop)
Traversal(LA,N): This is an algorithm to traverse
N elements of an array LA .
1.Repeat step 2 for K =0 to N-1
2. [visit element]
do PROCESS on LA[K].
[end of for loop]
3. exit.

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 2.2.3 Insertion Algorithm

 Insert item at the back is easy if there is a space. Insert item in

the middle requires the movement of all elements to the right
as in Figure 1.
Array indexes New item
0 1 2 3 4 k MAX_LIST-1

12 3 44 19 100 … 5 10 18 ? … ?
k+1
1 2 3 4 5 k+1 MAX_LIST
size
items

ADT list positions

Figure 1: Shifting items for insertion at position 3
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 2.2.3 Insertion Algorithm(while loop)
 Insertion is to insert some element in the array at user defined location
INSERT(LA, N, K, ITEM):LA is a linear array with N element, K
is integer positive where K < N and LB = 0,Insert an element,
ITEM in index K.
1. [Assign counter], Set J := N-1 ; [LB = 0]
2. Repeat step 2.1 and 2.2 while J >= K
2.1 [shift to the right all elements from J]
Set LA[J+1] := LA[J]
2.2 [decrement counter] Set J := J – 1
[End of while loop]
4. [Insert element] Set LA[K] := ITEM
5. [Reset N] Set N := N + 1
6. Exit

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2.2.3 Insertion Algorithm(for loop)
 INSERT(LA, N, K, ITEM):LA is a linear array with N element, K is
integer positive where K < N and LB = 0,Insert an element, ITEM in index
K.
 1. Read: K and ITEM [index to perform insertion and value to be
inserted] (optional step as mentioned in the declaration)
 2. Repeat step for j=N-1 to K
 3. [shift to the right all elements from J]
 Set LA[J+1] := LA[J]
[end of for loop]
 4. [Insert element] Set LA[K] := ITEM
 5. [Reset N] Set N := N + 1
 6. Exit

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 2.2.4 Deletion Algorithm
 Delete item.
(a)
Array indexes
Delete 19
0 1 2 3 4 k-1 k MAX_LIST-1
12 3 44 100 … 5 10 18 ? … ?
k
1 2 3 4 5 k k+1 MAX_LIST
size
items

ADT list positions

Figure 2: Deletion causes a gap
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 2.2.4 Deletion Algorithm

(b)

Array indexes

0 1 2 3 k-1 MAX_LIST-1

12 3 44 100 … 5 10 18 ? … ?
k

1 2 3 4 k MAX_LIST
size
items

ADT list positions

Figure 3: Fill gap by shifting
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 2.2.4 Deletion Algorithm(for loop)
 DELETE(LA, N, K, ITEM):In an array LA this
 Algo will delete the element ITEM at location
 K.Where LA has N elements.
 1. Read :K. [index element you want to delete]
 2. Set ITEM:=LA[K]. [storing value before deleting]
 3. Repeat step 3.1 for I = K to N-2 [If LB = 0]
 3.1 [Shift element, forward]
 Set LA[I] := LA[I+1]
 [end of for loop]
 4. [Reset N in LA]
 Set N := N – 1
 5. Exit

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2.2.4 Deletion Algorithm(while loop)
 DELETE(LA, N, K, ITEM):In an array LA this Algorithm will delete the
element ITEM at location K. Where LA has N elements.
 1. Read :K. [index element you want to delete]
 2. Set ITEM:=LA[K] and Set I:=K. [storing value before deleting]
 3. Repeat step 3.1 while I< N-1 [If LB = 0]
 3.1 [Shift element, forward]
 Set LA[I] := LA[I+1]
Set I:=I+1
 [end of while loop]
 4. [Reset N in LA]
 Set N := N – 1
 5. Exit
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2.2.5 Sequential Search(while
loop)
Compare successive elements of a given list with a search
ITEM until
1. either a match is encountered
2. or the list is exhausted without a match.
0 1 N-1

SequentialSearch(LA, N, ITEM, LOC): Algorithm to search element ITEM

in an array LA having N elements and storing its location in LOC
1. Set I := 0
2. Repeat step 2.1 while i<N && LA[I] != ITEM
2.1 Set I:=I+1
3. If LA[I]=ITEM, then:
write: found at LOC=I
else:
write: not found.
4. Exit 18
Other algorithm to do linear
search/sequential search (for
loop)
SequentialSearch(LA, N, ITEM, LOC,TEMP): Algorithm to search
element ITEM in an array LA having N elements and storing its location in
LOC. Where TEMP ia a flag variable.
1. Set TEMP :=0
2. Repeat step 2.1 for I=0 to N-1
2.1 if LB[I]=ITEM,then:
set TEMP:=1 and LOC:=I
and EXIT for loop
3. If Temp=1,then:
write:found at LOC
else:
write:not found.
4. Exit

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2.2.5 Binary Search Algorithm
 Binary search algorithm is efficient if the array is sorted.
 A binary search is used whenever the list starts to become large.
 Consider to use binary searches whenever the list contains more
than 16 elements.
 The binary search starts by testing the data in the element at the
middle of the array to determine if the target is in the first or
second half of the list.
 If it is in the first half, we do not need to check the second half. If
it is in the second half, we do not need to test the first half. In other
words we eliminate half the list from further consideration. We
repeat this process until we find the target or determine that it is
not in the list.

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2.2.5 Binary Search Algorithm
 To find the middle of the list, we need three variables, one to
identify the beginning of the list, one to identify the middle
of the list, and one to identify the end of the list.
 We analyze two cases here: the target is in the list (target
found) and the target is not in the list (target not found).

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2.2.5 Binary Search Algorithm
 Target found case: Assume we want to find 22 in a sorted
list as follows:
a[0] a[1] a[2] a[3] a[4] a[5] a[6] a[7] a[8] a[9] a[10] a[11]

4 7 8 10 14 21 22 36 62 77 81 91

 The three indexes are first, mid and last. Given first as 0 and
last as 11, mid is calculated as follows:
mid = (first + last) / 2
mid = (0 + 11) / 2 = 11 / 2 = 5

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2.2.5 Binary Search Algorithm
 At index location 5, the target is greater than the list value (22 > 21).
Therefore, eliminate the array locations 0 through 5 (mid is automatically
eliminated). To narrow our search, we assign mid + 1 to first and repeat
the search.
Target:
Target:22
22
first mid last

0 5 11

a[0] a[1] a[2] a[3] a[4] a[5] a[6] a[7] a[8] a[9] a[10] a[11]
4 7 8 10 14 21 22 36 62 77 81 91

22 > 21
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2.2.5 Binary Search Algorithm
 The next loop calculates mid with the new value for first and
determines that the midpoint is now 8 as follows:
mid = (6 + 11) / 2 = 17 / 2 = 8
Target:
Target:22
22
first mid last

6 8 11

a[0] a[1] a[2] a[3] a[4] a[5] a[6] a[7] a[8] a[9] a[10] a[11]
4 7 8 10 14 21 22 36 62 77 81 91

22 < 62
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2.2.5 Binary Search Algorithm
 When we test the target to the value at mid a second time, we discover that the
target is less than the list value (22 < 62). This time we adjust the end of the list
by setting last to mid – 1 and recalculate mid. This step effectively eliminates
elements 8 through 11 from consideration. We have now arrived at index location
6, whose value matches our target. This stops the search.
first mid last Target:
Target:22
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6 6 7

a[0] a[1] a[2] a[3] a[4] a[5] a[6] a[7] a[8] a[9] a[10] a[11]
4 7 8 10 14 21 22 36 62 77 81 91
first mid last
8 6 7 22 equals 22
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2.2.5 Binary Search Algorithm
 Target not found case: This is done by testing for first and last crossing:
that is, we are done when first becomes greater than last. Two conditions
terminate the binary search algorithm when (a) the target is found or (b)
first becomes larger than last. Assume we want to find 11 in our binary
search array.
first mid last Target:
Target:11
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0 5 11

a[0] a[1] a[2] a[3] a[4] a[5] a[6] a[7] a[8] a[9] a[10] a[11]
4 7 8 10 14 21 22 36 62 77 81 91

11 < 21
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2.2.5 Binary Search Algorithm
 The loop continues to narrow the range as we saw in the
successful search until we are examining the data at index
locations 3 and 4.

first mid last

Target:
Target:11
11
0 2 4

a[0] a[1] a[2] a[3] a[4] a[5] a[6] a[7] a[8] a[9] a[10] a[11]
4 7 8 10 14 21 22 36 62 77 81 91

11 > 8
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2.2.5 Binary Search Algorithm
 These settings of first and last set the mid index to 3 as follows:
mid = (3 + 4) / 2 = 7 / 2 = 3

first mid last Target:

Target:11
11
3 3 4

a[0] a[1] a[2] a[3] a[4] a[5] a[6] a[7] a[8] a[9] a[10] a[11]
4 7 8 10 14 21 22 36 62 77 81 91

11 > 10
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2.2.5 Binary Search Algorithm
 The test at index 3indicates that the target is greater than the list value, so we set first to mid
+ 1, or 4. We now test the data at location 4 and discover that 11 < 14. The mid is as
calculated as follows:
 At this point, we have discovered that the target should be between two adjacent values; in
other words, it is not in the list. We see this algorithmically because last is set to mid – 1,
which makes first greater than last, the signal that the value we are looking for is not in the
list.
first mid last

4 4 4 Target:
Target:11
11

a[0] a[1] a[2] a[3] a[4] a[5] a[6] a[7] a[8] a[9] a[10] a[11]
4 7 8 10 14 21 22 36 62 77 81 91
first mid last

11 < 14 4 4 3
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2.2.5 Binary Search Algorithm
 Example algorithm:
DATA – sorted array
ITEM – Info
LB – lower bound
UB – upper bound
BEG– start Location
MID – middle Location
END – last Location
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 2.2.5 Binary Search Algorithm
BINARY SEARCH(DATA,END,ITEM,MID,BEG,N,LOC):binary search
is applied on array DATA having N elements.Where BEG represents
lower bound LB ,END represents upper bound UB and MID
represents middle index of the array.
1. [Define variables]
Set BEG := LB, END:= UB
Set MID: = (BEG+END)/2
2. Repeat steps 3 and 4 While BEG <= END && DATA[MID] != ITEM
3. If ITEM < DATA[MID], then:
END = MID-1
else:
BEG:= MID+1
4. Set MID := (BEG+ END)/2
[end of while loop]
5. If DATA[MID] = ITEM, then:
Set LOC:=MID.
write :element found at MID
else:
write:not found.
6. Exit
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Another way to do binary
search algorithm
BINARYSEARCH(DATA,END,ITEM,MID,BEG,N,
LOC):binary search is applied on array DATA having
N elements.Where BEG represents lower bound
LB ,End represents upper bound UB and MID
represents middle index of the array.
1. [Define variables]
 Set BEG := LB, LAST:= UB
 Set MID: = (BEG+END)/2
2. Repeat steps 3 and 4 While BEG <= END

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 3. If ITEM < DATA[MID], then:
 END = MID-1
 else if ITEM=DATA[MID],then:
 write :Element found at MID and EXIT from while loop
 else:
 BEG:=MID+1.
 4. Set MID := (BEG+ END)/2
 [end of while loop]
 5. Exit

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 2.2.6 Merging Algorithm
Suppose A is a sorted list with r elements and B is
a sorted list with s elements. The operation that
combines the element of A and B into a single
sorted list C with n=r + s elements is called
merging.

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 2.2.6 Merging Algorithm
 Algorithm: Merging (A, R,B,S,C,N)
Here A and B be sorted arrays with R and S
elements
respectively. This algorithm merges A and B into an
array
C with N=R+ S elements
 Step 1: Set NA:=0, NB:=0 and NC:=0
 Step 2: Repeat while NA < R and NB < S:
if A[NA] ≤ B[NB], then:
Set C[NC] := A[NA]
Set NA: = NA +1
else
Set C[NC] := B[NB]
Set NB: = NB +1
[End of if-else structure]
Set NC:= NC +1
[End of while Loop]
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 2.2.6 Merging Algorithm
 Step 3: If NA >R, then:
Repeat while NB < S:
Set C[NC]: = B[NB]
Set NB := NB+1
Set NC: = NC +1
[End ofwhile Loop]
else
Repeat while NA < R:
Set C[NC] := A[NA]
Set NC := NC + 1
Set NA: = NA +1
[End of while loop]
[End of if-else structure]
 Step 4: Exit

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 2.2.6 Merging Algorithm
Complexity of merging: The input consists of
the total number n=r+s elements in A and B.
Each comparison assigns an element to the
array C, which eventually has n elements.
Accordingly, the number f(n) of comparisons
cannot exceed n:
f(n) ≤ n = O(n)

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 Exercises
Find where the indicated elements of an array a
are stored, if the base address of a is 200* and
LB = 0
a) double a[10]; a[3]?
b) int a[26]; a[2]?

*(assume that int(s) are stored in 4 bytes and

double(s) in 8 bytes).

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 2.3 MULTIDIMENSIONAL ARRAY
 Two or more subscripts.

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 2-D ARRAY
 A 2-D array, A with m X n elements.
 In math application it is called matrix.
 In business application – table.
 Example:
Assume 25 students had taken 4 tests.
The marks are stored in 25 X 4 array locations:
U0 U1 U2 U3
Stud 0 88 78 66 89
Stud 1 60 70 88 90
Stud 2 62 45 78 88
m
.. .. .. .. ..
.. .. .. .. ..
Stud 24 78 88 98 67

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 2-D ARRAY
 Multidimensional array declaration in C++:-
int StudentMarks [25][4];
StudentMarks[0][0] = 88;
StudentMarks[0][1] = 78;…..
OR
int StudentMarks [25][4] = {{88, 78, 66, 89},
{60, 70, 88, 90},…}

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 2.3.1 2-D ARRAY
 In C++ the 2-D array is visualized as follows:
StudentMarks [0] [1] [2] [3]
88 78 66 89
[0]
60 70 88 90
[1]
62 45 78 88
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]

…
[24]
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 2.3.2 Representation of
2D arrays in Memory
Column Major Order:
LOC(A[j, k])=Base(A)+w[m*k + j]

Row Major order:

LOC(A[j, k])=Base(A)+w[n*j + k]

Given: A 2-D array, A with m X n elements.

Thank You

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