Java program for finding repeating element in an array
Repeating element of an array in Java
In this section, we will learn the Program to Find Repeating element of an array in java.Given an array, print all element whose frequency is not equal to one. We will discuss different approaches to print the repeated elements of given input array.

Methods Discussed are :
- Method 1 : Using Two loops
- Method 2 : Using hash Map.
- Method 3 : Using Sorting
Now, let’s discuss the algorithm for both methods.
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 inner for loop and print the element if(count!=1)
Time and Space Complexity :
- Time Complexity : O(n2)
- Space Complexity : O(n)
Method 1 : Code in Java
Run
import java.util.Arrays; class Main { public static void countFreq(int arr[], int n) { boolean visited[] = new boolean[n]; Arrays.fill(visited, false); // Traverse through array elements and // count frequencies for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { // Skip this element if already processed if (visited[i] == true) continue; // Count frequency int count = 1; for (int j = i + 1; j < n; j++) { if (arr[i] == arr[j]) { visited[j] = true; count++; } } if(count!=1) System.out.println(arr[i]); } } // Driver code public static void main(String []args) { int arr[] = new int[]{10, 30, 30, 20, 10, 20, 50, 10}; int n = arr.length; countFreq(arr, n); } }
Output
10 30 20
Method 2 :
In this method we will count use hash-map to count the frequency of each elements.
- Declare a hash map
- Start iterating over the entire array
- If element is present in map, then increase the value of frequency by 1.
- Otherwise, insert that element in map.
- After complete iteration over array, start traversing map and if(value==1) then print that element.
Time and Space Complexity :
- Time Complexity : O(n)
- Space Complexity : O(n)

Method 2 : Code in Java
Run
import java.util.*; import java.util.Arrays; class Main { static void countFreq(int arr[], int n) { Map<Integer, Integer> mp = new HashMap<>(); // Traverse through array elements and // count frequencies for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { if (mp.containsKey(arr[i])) { mp.put(arr[i], mp.get(arr[i]) + 1); } else { mp.put(arr[i], 1); } } // Traverse through map and print frequencies for (Map.Entry<Integer, Integer> entry : mp.entrySet()) { if(entry.getValue()>1) System.out.println(entry.getKey()+" "); } } // Driver code public static void main(String []args) { int arr[] = new int[]{10, 30, 50, 20, 10, 20, 30, 10}; int n = arr.length; countFreq(arr, n); } }
Output
20 10 30
Method 3 :
In this method it is necessary that the array is sorted. So we will use bubble sort to sort the given array.
Method 3 : code in Java
Run
import java.util.*; import java.util.Arrays; class Main { static int bubbleSort(int arr[], int size){ for (int i = 0; i < size-1; i++){ // Since, after each iteration righmost i elements are sorted for (int j = 0; j < size-i-1; j++) if (arr[j] > arr[j+1]) { int temp = arr[j]; // swap the element arr[j] = arr[j+1]; arr[j+1] = temp; } } return 0; } static void findRepeating(int arr[], int n){ int count = 0; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { int flag = 0; while (i < n - 1 && arr[i] == arr[i + 1]){ flag = 1; i++; } // since i++ happened, we need to print previous element if(flag==1) System.out.print(arr[i-1] + " "); } return; } // Driver code public static void main(String []args) { int arr[] = new int[]{10, 30, 50, 20, 10, 20, 30, 10}; int n = arr.length; bubbleSort(arr, n); findRepeating(arr, n); } }
Output
10 20 30
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import java.util.*;
class HelloWorld {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int arr[]= {2,4,2,4,8,7, 8};
int n=arr.length, count=1;
int visited[]= new int[n];
Arrays.sort(arr);
for(int i=0; i<n-1; i++){
if(arr[i] == arr[i+1]){
visited[i]= count;
count++;
}else{
count=0;
visited[i]= count;
}
}
for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
if(visited[i]==1){
System.out.print(arr[i]+ " ");
}
}
}
}
import java.util.HashSet;
public class RepeatedElements {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int[] arr = {10, 30, 40, 20, 10, 20, 50, 30, 10};
HashSet repeatedElements = new HashSet();
for(int i=0; i<arr.length; i++) {
for(int j=i+1; j<arr.length; j++) {
if(arr[i] == arr[j]) {
repeatedElements.add(arr[i]);
}
}
}
for(int i : repeatedElements) {
System.out.println(i);
}
}
}
int arr[]={10, 30, 30, 50, 10, 20, 50, 10};
Arrays.sort(arr);
HashSet distinctRepeatingSet = new HashSet();
for (int i = 0;i<arr.length ; i++) {
for (int j = i+1; j < arr.length; j++) {
if(arr[i]==arr[j]){
distinctRepeatingSet.add(arr[i]);
break;}
}
}
for (int ele:distinctRepeatingSet) {
System.out.print(ele + " ");
}