Check whether Arithmetic Progression can be formed from the given array

Given an array of n integers. The task is to check whether an arithmetic progression can be formed using all the given elements. If possible print “Yes”, else print “No”.

Examples:

Input : arr[] = {0, 12, 4, 8}
Output : Yes
Rearrange given array as {0, 4, 8, 12} 
which forms an arithmetic progression.

Input : arr[] = {12, 40, 11, 20}
Output : No

Recommended: Please solve it on “PRACTICE ” first, before moving on to the solution.

Method 1 (Simple)
A simple solution is to first find the smallest element, then find second smallest element and find the difference between these two. Let this difference be d. After finding the difference, find third smallest, fourth smallest and so on. After finding every i-th smallest smallest (from third onward), find the difference between value of current element and value of previous element. If difference is not same as d, return false. If all elements have same difference, return true. Time complexity of this solution is O(n²)

Method 2(Use Sorting)
The idea is to sort the given array. After sorting, check if differences between consecutive elements are same or not. If all differences are same, Arithmetic Progression is possible.

Below is the implementation of this approach:

C++

// C++ program to check if a given array 
// can form arithmetic progression 
#include<bits/stdc++.h> 
using namespace std; 
  
// Returns true if a permutation of arr[0..n-1] 
// can form arithmetic progression 
bool checkIsAP(int arr[], int n) 
{ 
  if (n == 1) 
    return true; 
  
  // Sort array 
  sort(arr, arr + n); 
  
  // After sorting, difference between 
  // consecutive elements must be same. 
  int d = arr[1] - arr[0]; 
  for (int i=2; i<n; i++) 
    if (arr[i] - arr[i-1] != d) 
      return false; 
  
  return true; 
} 
  
// Driven Program 
int main() 
{ 
  int arr[] = { 20, 15, 5, 0, 10 }; 
  int n = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]); 
  
  (checkIsAP(arr, n))? (cout << "Yes" << endl) : 
                       (cout << "No" << endl); 
  
  return 0; 
} 

Java

// Java program to check if a given array 
// can form arithmetic progression 
import java.util.Arrays; 
  
class GFG { 
          
    // Returns true if a permutation of  
    // arr[0..n-1] can form arithmetic  
    // progression 
    static boolean checkIsAP(int arr[], int n) 
    { 
        if (n == 1) 
            return true; 
          
        // Sort array 
        Arrays.sort(arr); 
          
        // After sorting, difference between 
        // consecutive elements must be same. 
        int d = arr[1] - arr[0]; 
        for (int i = 2; i < n; i++) 
            if (arr[i] - arr[i-1] != d) 
                return false; 
          
        return true; 
    } 
      
    //driver code 
    public static void main (String[] args) 
    { 
        int arr[] = { 20, 15, 5, 0, 10 }; 
        int n = arr.length; 
      
        if(checkIsAP(arr, n)) 
            System.out.println("Yes"); 
        else
            System.out.println("No"); 
    } 
} 
  
// This code is contributed by Anant Agarwal. 

Python3

# Python3 program to check if a given  
# array can form arithmetic progression 
  
# Returns true if a permutation of arr[0..n-1] 
# can form arithmetic progression 
def checkIsAP(arr, n): 
    if (n == 1): return True
  
    # Sort array 
    arr.sort() 
  
    # After sorting, difference between 
    # consecutive elements must be same. 
    d = arr[1] - arr[0] 
    for i in range(2, n): 
        if (arr[i] - arr[i-1] != d): 
            return False
  
    return True
  
# Driver code 
arr = [ 20, 15, 5, 0, 10 ] 
n = len(arr) 
print("Yes") if(checkIsAP(arr, n)) else print("No") 
  
# This code is contributed by Anant Agarwal. 

C#

// C# program to check if a given array 
// can form arithmetic progression 
using System; 
  
class GFG { 
          
    // Returns true if a permutation of  
    // arr[0..n-1] can form arithmetic  
    // progression 
    static bool checkIsAP(int []arr, int n) 
    { 
        if (n == 1) 
            return true; 
          
        // Sort array 
        Array.Sort(arr); 
          
        // After sorting, difference between 
        // consecutive elements must be same. 
        int d = arr[1] - arr[0]; 
        for (int i = 2; i < n; i++) 
            if (arr[i] - arr[i - 1] != d) 
                return false; 
          
        return true; 
    } 
      
    //Driver Code 
    public static void Main () 
    { 
        int []arr = {20, 15, 5, 0, 10}; 
        int n = arr.Length; 
      
        if(checkIsAP(arr, n)) 
            Console.WriteLine("Yes"); 
        else
            Console.WriteLine("No"); 
    } 
} 
  
// This code is contributed by vt_m. 

PHP

<?php 
// PHP program to check if  
// a given array can form 
// arithmetic progression 
  
// Returns true if a permutation  
// of arr[0..n-1] can form  
// arithmetic progression 
function checkIsAP($arr, $n) 
{ 
    if ($n == 1) 
        return true; 
      
    // Sort array 
    sort($arr); 
      
    // After sorting, difference 
    // between consecutive elements 
    // must be same. 
    $d = $arr[1] - $arr[0]; 
    for ($i = 2; $i < $n; $i++) 
        if ($arr[$i] -  
            $arr[$i - 1] != $d) 
        return false; 
      
    return true; 
} 
  
// Driver Code 
$arr = array(20, 15, 5, 0, 10); 
$n = count($arr); 
  
if(checkIsAP($arr, $n)) 
echo "Yes";  
else
echo "No"; 
                          
// This code is contributed  
// by Sam007 
?> 

Output:

Yes

Time Complexity: O(n Log n).

Method 3(Use Hashing)

Find out the smallest and second smallest elements
Find different between the two elements. d = second_smallest – smallest
Store all elements in a hashmap and return “NO” if duplicate element found (can be done together with step 1).
Now start from “second smallest element + d” and one by one check n-2 terms of Arithmetic Progression in hashmap. If any value of progression is missing, return false.
Return “YES” after end of the loop.

Time Complexity : O(n)
Auxiliary Space : O(n)

Thanks to Chenna Rao for suggesting this method,

Method 4(Using counting sort)
We can reduce space required in method 3 if given array can be modified.

Find smallest and second smallest elements.
Find d = second_smallest – smallest
Subtract smallest element from all elements.
Now if given array represent AP, all elements should be of form i*d where i varies from 0 to n-1.
One by one divide all reduced elements with d. If any element is not divisible by d, return false.
Now if array represents AP, it must be a permutation of numbers from 0 to n-1. We can easily check this using counting sort.

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