C++ program for finding the maximum product of sub-array of a given array

October 12, 2022

Maximum product of sub-array in C++

Here, in this page you will find the program to find the maximum product of sub-array in C++ programming language. We are given with an array and need to find the maximum product. We will discuss two different methods in this page.

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Here, we will discuss the following two methods, and compare the complexity of them,

  • Method 1 : Naive solution
  • Method 2 : Efficient solution

Let’s discuss above two methods in brief,

Method 1 :

  • Create a variable say result, set result = arr[0], this variable hold the required maximum product.
  • Run a loop for range(n)
  • Create a variable mul = arr[i], this variable hold the product of sub-array.
  • Run a inner loop, set result = max(result, mul)
  • And, mul *= arr[j]
  • Update, result = max(result, mul)
  • Return result.

Time and Space Complexity :

  • Time Complexity : O(n2)
  • Space Complexity : O(1)

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Method 1 : C++ Code:-

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

int main(){
    int arr[] = { 10, -20, -30, 0, 70, -80, -20 };
    int n=sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]);
    int result = arr[0];
    
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        int mul = arr[i];
        // traversing in current subarray
        for (int j = i + 1; j < n; j++) { // updating result every time // to keep an eye over the // maximum product 
                if(mul>result)
                result = mul;
            mul *= arr[j];
        }
        if(mul>result)
            result = mul;
    }
    
    cout<<"Maximum Product of sub-array is "<< result;
}

Output

Maximum Product of sub-array is 1600

Method 2 :

  • Declare variables say max_so_far, max_ending_here & min_ending_here.
  • For every index the maximum number ending at that index will be the maximum(arr[i], max_ending_here * arr[i], min_ending_here[i]*arr[i]).
  • Similarly the minimum number ending here will be the minimum of these 3.
  • Thus we get the final value for maximum product sub-array.

Time and Space Complexity :

  • Time Complexity : O(n)
  • Space Complexity : O(1)

Method 2 : C++ Code:-

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

int main(){
    int arr[] = { 1, -2, -3, 0, 7, -8, 2};
    int n=sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]);
    int max_ending_here = arr[0];
 
    // min negative product ending
    // at the current position
    int min_ending_here = arr[0];
 
    // Initialize overall max product
    int max_so_far = arr[0];
    
    for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) { 
        int temp = max({arr[i], arr[i] * max_ending_here, arr[i] * min_ending_here}); 
        min_ending_here = min({arr[i], arr[i] * max_ending_here, arr[i] * min_ending_here}); 
        max_ending_here = temp; 
        max_so_far = max(max_so_far, max_ending_here);
        if(max_ending_here>max_so_far)
        max_so_far = max_ending_here;
    }
    
    cout<<"Maximum Product of sub-array is "<< max_so_far;
}

Output :

Maximum Product of sub-array is 7

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