Java program to find all symmetric elements in an array

Symmetric Elements in an Array in Java

Here, in this page we will discuss the program to find all symmetric elements in an array in Java programming language. We are given with pairs and need to print those pairs which are symmetric.

Symmetic elements in an array

Here, we will discuss the following two different methods for printing symmetric pairs in the given set of pairs.

  • Method 1:  Brute Force
  • Method 2 : Using Hash-map

Method 1 :

  • Declare a 2D array for pairs.
  • Run a outer loop from index  0 to 5
  • Run an inner loop from index i+1 to 5
  • Check if(arr[i][0]==arr[j][1] && arr[i][1]==arr[j][0])), then print the arr[i][0] and arr[i][1].

Time and Space Complexity :

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

Method 1 : Code in Java

Run
class Main{
    
    public static void main(String arg[])
    {
        int arr[][] = new int[5][2];
        
        arr[0][0] = 1;
        arr[0][1] = 2;
        arr[1][0] = 3;
        arr[1][1] = 4;
        arr[2][0] = 5;
        arr[2][1] = 1;
        arr[3][0] = 4;
        arr[3][1] = 3;
        arr[4][0] = 1;
        arr[4][1] = 5;

        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++){
            for (int j = i + 1; j < 5; j++){
	            if (arr[i][0] == arr[j][1] && arr[i][1] == arr[j][0])
	                System.out.println("(" + arr[i][0] + ", " + arr[i][1] + ")");
	        }
        }

    }
}

Output :

(3, 4)
(5, 1)

Method 2 :

In this method we will use hash-map,

  • The first element of pair is used as key and the second element is used as the value.
  • Traverse all pairs one by one.
  • For every pair, we check if its second element is in the hash table.
  • If it is, then compare the first element with the value of the matched entry of the hash table.
  • If the value and the first element match, then we found symmetric pairs.
  • Else, insert the first element as a key and second element as value.

Method 2 : Code in Java

Run
import java.util.HashMap;
class Main{
    
    public static void main(String arg[])
    {
        int arr[][] = new int[5][2];
        
        arr[0][0] = 1;
        arr[0][1] = 2;
        arr[1][0] = 3;
        arr[1][1] = 4;
        arr[2][0] = 5;
        arr[2][1] = 1;
        arr[3][0] = 4;
        arr[3][1] = 3;
        arr[4][0] = 1;
        arr[4][1] = 5;

        HashMap<Integer, Integer> hM = new HashMap<Integer, Integer>();
  
        // Traverse through the given array
        for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++)
        {
            // First and second elements of current pair
            int first = arr[i][0];
            int sec   = arr[i][1];
             
            // Look for second element of this pair in hash
            Integer val = hM.get(sec);
  
            if (val != null && val == first)
               System.out.println("(" + sec + ", " + first + ")");
                
            else  // Else put sec element of this pair in hash
               hM.put(first, sec);
        }

    }
}

Output :

(3, 4)
(5, 1)

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5 comments on “Java program to find all symmetric elements in an array”


  • Pulivendula

    import java.util.*;
    public class Main
    {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

    int a[][]={{10,20}, {30,40}, {50,60}, {20,10}, {40,30}};
    int n=a.length;

    for(int i=0; i<n; i++)
    {
    for(int j=i+1; j<n; j++)
    {
    if(a[i][0]==a[j][1] && a[i][1]==a[j][0])
    {
    System.out.println("("+a[i][0]+" "+a[i][1]+")");
    }
    }
    }

    }
    }


  • Anurag

    public class symmetricPairs{

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
    int[][] arr = { {11, 20},{30, 40},{5, 10},{40, 30},{10, 5},{20, 5} };

    for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; ++i)
    {
    for (int j = i + 1; j “);
    System.out.print(“{” + arr[j][0] + “,” + arr[j][1] + “}”);
    System.out.println();
    }
    }
    }
    }

    }


  • Anoopkumar

    public class Demo{
    public static void main(String args[]){
    int[][] a={{11, 20}, {30, 40}, {5, 10}, {40, 30}, {10, 5}} ;
    for(int i=0;i<5;i++){
    for(int k=i+1;k<5;k++){
    for(int j=0;j<2;j++){
    if(a[i][1]==a[k][j]){
    if(a[i][0]==a[k][1]){
    System.out.println("symetic"+"(" +a[i][0]+","+a[i][1]+")");
    }
    }
    }
    }
    }
    }
    }


  • Ajay

    #include
    using namespace std;
    int main()
    {
    int a[50][50],i,j,b[50][50];
    int n;
    cout<>n;
    cout<<" enter elements \n";
    for(i=0;i<n;i++)
    {
    for(j=0;j>a[i][j];
    }
    }
    int k=0;
    for(i=0;i<n;i++)
    {
    for(j=i+1;j<n;j++)
    {
    if(a[i][0]==a[j][1] && a[i][1]==a[j][0])
    {
    b[k][0]=a[i][0];
    b[k][1]=a[i][1];
    k++;
    }
    }

    }
    cout<<" symmetric pairs are \n";
    for(i=0;i<k;i++)
    {
    for(j=0;j<2;j++)
    {
    if(j==0)
    {
    cout<<"(";
    }
    cout<<b[i][j];
    if(j==0)
    {
    cout<<",";
    }
    if(j==1)
    {
    cout<<")"<<" ";
    }
    }
    }
    return 0;
    }