C++ program to find the frequency of elements in an array

October 7, 2022

Frequency of Elements in an array in C++

Here, in this page we will discuss the program to find the frequency of elements in an array in C++ Programming language. We will discuss various methods to count the frequency of each element.

Frequency of elements in an array in C++
While loop in C

Methods Discussed in this Page are :

  • Method 1 : Naive Approach with extra space
  • Method 2: Naive way without extra space.
  • Method 3 : Using Sorting
  • Method 4 : Using hash Map

Let’s discuss each method one by one,

Method 1 :

In this method we will count the frequency of each elements using two for loops.

  • To check the status of visited elements create a array of size n.
  • Run a loop from index 0 to n and check if (visited[i]==1) then skip that element.
  • Otherwise create a variable count = 1 to keep the count of frequency.
  • Run a loop from index i+1 to n
  • Check if(arr[i]==arr[j]), then increment the count by 1 and set visited[j]=1.
  • After complete iteration of for loop print element along with value of count.

Time and Space Complexity :

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

Method 1 : Code in C++

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

// Main function to run the program
int main() 
{ 
    int arr[] = {10, 30, 10, 20, 10, 20, 30, 10}; 
    int n = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]); 

    int visited[n];

    for(int i=0; i<n; i++){

        if(visited[i]!=1){
           int count = 1;
           for(int j=i+1; j<n; j++){
              if(arr[i]==arr[j]){
                 count++;
                 visited[j]=1;
              }
            }

            cout<<arr[i]<<" occurs at "<<count<<" times "<<endl;
         }
     }

    return 0; 
}

Output

30 occurs at 2 times 
10 occurs at 3 times 
20 occurs at 2 times

Sort first half in ascending order and second half in descending

Sort the elements of an array

Sorting elements of an array by frequency

Finding the Longest Palindrome in an Array

Counting Distinct Elements in an Array

Method 2 :

In this method we will use the naive way to find the frequency of elements in the given integer array without using any extra space.

Time and Space Complexity :

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

Method 2 : Code in C++

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

void countFrequency(int *arr, int size){

    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++){
        int flag = 0;
        int count = 0;

        // Counting of any element has to be delayed to its last occurrence
        for (int j = i+1; j < size; j++){
            if (arr[i] == arr[j]){
                flag = 1;
                break;
            }
        }

        // The continue keyword is used to end the current iteration 
        // in a for loop (or a while loop), and continues to the next iteration
        if (flag == 1)
            continue;
            
        for(int j = 0;j<=i;j++){
            if(arr[i]==arr[j])
                count +=1;
        }
        
        cout << arr[i] << ": " << count << endl;
    }
}

int main()
{
    int arr[] = {5, 8, 5, 7, 8, 10};
    int size = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]);
    
    countFrequency(arr, size);
    
    return 0;
}

Output

5 : 2
7 : 1
8 : 2
10 : 1
While loop in C

Method 3 :

In this method we will sort the array then, count the frequency of the elements.

Time and Space Complexity :

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

Method 3 : Code in C++

Run

#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
void countDistinct(int arr[], int n)
{

    sort(arr, arr + n);
 
    // Traverse the sorted array
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++){
        int count = 1;

        // Move the index ahead whenever
        // you encounter duplicates
        while (i < n - 1 && arr[i] == arr[i + 1]){
            i++;
            count++;
        }
        
        cout << arr[i] << ": " << count << endl;
    }
 
}
 
// Driver program to test above function
int main()
{
    int arr[] = {5, 8, 5, 7, 8, 10};
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
    countDistinct(arr, n);
    return 0;
}

Output 

5 : 2
7 : 1
8 : 2
10 : 1

Method 4 :

In this method we will use hash-map to store the frequency of the elements.

  • Create an unordered_map say mp.
  • Run a loop to iterate over array
  • Set mp[arr[i]]++
  • After, complete iteration, run a loop over map
  • And Print key value pair
Frequency of element in C++

Method 4 : Code in C++

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

// Main function to run the program
int main() 
{ 
   int arr[] = {10, 30, 10, 20, 10, 20, 30, 10}; 
   int n = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]); 

   unordered_map <int, int>mp;

   for(int i=0; i<n; i++)
      mp[arr[i]]++;

   for(auto it=mp.begin(); it!=mp.end(); it++)
      cout<first<<" occurs "<second<<" times\n";

}

Output

10 occurs 4 times

30 occurs 2 times

20 occurs 2 times

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