C++ program to determine the array is a subset of another array

Array is a subset of another array in C++

In this section we will determine the program to find if an Array is a subset of another array in C++ . If all the elements of array 2 are found in array 1, then array 2 is said to be a subset of array 1.

Array is subset in Cpp

Here, we will discuss the following methods,

  • Method 1 : Using nested loops
  • Method 2 : Using sorting and binary search.
  • Method 3 : Using sorting and merging.
  • Method 4 : Using Set

Method 1 :

  • Run a loop for loo from index 0 to length of arr2
  • Run a inner loop from index 0 to length of arr2
  • If(arr2[i]==arr1[j]), then break the inner loop
  • Check if(j==m) then return 0.
  • Otherwise, return 1.

Method 1 : Code in C++

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

bool isSubset(int arr1[], int arr2[], int m, int n)
{
    int i = 0;
    int j = 0;
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        for (j = 0; j < m; j++) {
            if (arr2[i] == arr1[j])
                break;
        }
 
        if (j == m)
           return 0;
    }
 
    return 1;
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int arr1[] = { 11, 10, 13, 21, 30, 70 };
    int arr2[] = { 11, 30, 70, 10 };
 
    int m = sizeof(arr1) / sizeof(arr1[0]);
    int n = sizeof(arr2) / sizeof(arr2[0]);
 
    if (isSubset(arr1, arr2, m, n))
        cout<<"arr2[] is subset of arr1[] ";
    else
        cout<<"arr2[] is not a subset of arr1[]";
 
    return 0;
}

Output :

arr2[] is subset of arr1[]

Method 2 :

In this method we first sort arr1 then, using binary search we find the elements of arr2 in arr1

  • Sort arr1[] using inbuilt sort function.
  • For each element of arr2[], do binary search for it in sorted arr1[].
  • If the element is not found then return 0.
  • If all elements are present then return 1.

Method 2 : Code in C++

#include
using namespace std;

int binarySearch(int arr[], int low, int high, int x);

bool isSubset(int arr1[], int arr2[], int m, int n)
{
    int i = 0;
 
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) { 
        if (binarySearch(arr1, 0, m - 1, arr2[i]) == -1) 
        return 0; 
        
    } 
    return 1; 
    
} 

int binarySearch(int arr[], int low,int high, int x) { 
    if (high >= low)
    {
        /*low + (high - low)/2;*/
        int mid = (low + high) / 2;
 
        if ((mid == 0 || x > arr[mid - 1]) && (arr[mid] == x))
            return mid;
        else if (x > arr[mid])
            return binarySearch(arr, (mid + 1), high, x);
        else
            return binarySearch(arr, low, (mid - 1), x);
    }
    return -1;
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int arr1[] = { 11, 10, 13, 21, 30, 70 };
    int arr2[] = { 11, 30, 70, 10 };
 
    int m = sizeof(arr1) / sizeof(arr1[0]);
    int n = sizeof(arr2) / sizeof(arr2[0]);
    
    sort(arr1, arr1+m);
    if (isSubset(arr1, arr2, m, n))
        cout<<"arr2[] is subset of arr1[] ";
    else
        cout<<"arr2[] is not a subset of arr1[]";
 
    return 0;
}

Output :

arr2[] is subset of arr1[]

Method 3 :

  • Sort both arrays: arr1[] and arr2[] using inbuilt sort function.
  • Use Merging process to see if all elements of sorted arr2[] are present in sorted arr1[].

Method 3 : Code in C++

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

int binarySearch(int arr[], int low, int high, int x);

bool isSubset(int arr1[], int arr2[], int m, int n)
{
    int i = 0, j = 0;
 
    if (m < n)
        return 0;
 
    // Sort both the arrays
    sort(arr1, arr1 + m);
    sort(arr2, arr2 + n);
 
    // Iterate till they donot exceed their sizes
    while (i < n && j < m)
    {
        
        if (arr1[j] < arr2[i]) j++; else if (arr1[j] == arr2[i]) { j++; i++; } else if (arr1[j] > arr2[i])
            return 0;
    }
 
    return (i < n) ? false : true;
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int arr1[] = { 11, 10, 13, 21, 30, 70 };
    int arr2[] = { 11, 30, 70, 10 };
 
    int m = sizeof(arr1) / sizeof(arr1[0]);
    int n = sizeof(arr2) / sizeof(arr2[0]);
    
    if (isSubset(arr1, arr2, m, n))
        cout<<"arr2[] is subset of arr1[] ";
    else
        cout<<"arr2[] is not a subset of arr1[]";
 
    return 0;
}

Output :

arr2[] is subset of arr1[]

Method 4 :

  • Insert all the elements of arr1 in set data structure
  • Iterate over arr2, and check if all its elements present in set, if yes then return trure
  • Otherwise return false.

Method 4 : Code in C++

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

bool isSubset(int arr1[], int arr2[], int m, int n)
{
    // Using STL set for hashing
    set hashset;
 
    // hset stores all the values of arr1
    for (int i = 0; i < m; i++)
    {
        hashset.insert(arr1[i]);
    }
 
    // loop to check if all elements of arr2 also
    // lies in arr1
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        if (hashset.find(arr2[i]) == hashset.end())
            return false;
    }
    return true;
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int arr1[] = { 11, 10, 13, 21, 30, 70 };
    int arr2[] = { 11, 30, 70, 10 };
 
    int m = sizeof(arr1) / sizeof(arr1[0]);
    int n = sizeof(arr2) / sizeof(arr2[0]);
    
    if (isSubset(arr1, arr2, m, n))
        cout<<"arr2[] is subset of arr1[] ";
    else
        cout<<"arr2[] is not a subset of arr1[]";
 
    return 0;
}

Output :

arr2[] is subset of arr1[]

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2 comments on “C++ program to determine the array is a subset of another array”


  • Prashant

    print(“Enter the first arr”)
    arr1=list(map(int,input(“1st–>”).split()))
    print(“Enter the second arr”)
    arr2=list(map(int,input(“2nd–>”).split()))
    flag=False
    for i in arr1:
    for j in arr2:
    if j==i:
    flag=True
    else:
    flag=False
    if flag==True:
    print(“arr 2 is subset of arr1”)
    else:
    print(“arr2 is not subset of arr1”)


    • 3119_Pratiksha

      #include
      #include
      using namespace std;
      int subset(int a[],int b[],int n1,int n2)
      {
      int i=0;
      int j=0;
      for(int i=0;i<n1;i++)
      {
      for(int j=0;j>n1>>n2;
      int a[n1] ;
      int b[n2];
      int cnt=0;
      cout<<"Enter array elements"<<endl;
      for(int i=0;i>a[i];
      }
      cout<<"Enter array elements"<<endl;
      for(int i=0;i>b[i];
      }
      if(subset(a,b,n1,n2))
      {
      cout<<"Yes subset";
      }
      else
      {
      cout<<"Not subset";
      }
      }