Java Program to Print all triplets in sorted array that form AP
Last Updated :
19 Jan, 2022
Given a sorted array of distinct positive integers, print all triplets that form AP (or Arithmetic Progression)
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Input : arr[] = { 2, 6, 9, 12, 17, 22, 31, 32, 35, 42 };
Output :
6 9 12
2 12 22
12 17 22
2 17 32
12 22 32
9 22 35
2 22 42
22 32 42
Input : arr[] = { 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12};
Output :
3 5 7
5 6 7
6 7 8
6 8 10
8 10 12
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A simple solution is to run three nested loops to generate all triplets and for every triplet, check if it forms AP or not. Time complexity of this solution is O(n3)
A better solution is to use hashing. We traverse array from left to right. We consider every element as middle and all elements after it as next element. To search the previous element, we use a hash table.
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Java
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
class GFG
{
static void printAllAPTriplets( int []arr,
int n)
{
ArrayList<Integer> s =
new ArrayList<Integer>();
for ( int i = 0 ;
i < n - 1 ; i++)
{
for ( int j = i + 1 ; j < n; j++)
{
int diff = arr[j] - arr[i];
boolean exists =
s.contains(arr[i] - diff);
if (exists)
System.out.println(arr[i] - diff +
" " + arr[i] +
" " + arr[j]);
}
s.add(arr[i]);
}
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
int []arr = { 2 , 6 , 9 , 12 , 17 ,
22 , 31 , 32 , 35 , 42 };
int n = arr.length;
printAllAPTriplets(arr, n);
}
}
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Output :Â Â
6 9 12
2 12 22
12 17 22
2 17 32
12 22 32
9 22 35
2 22 42
22 32 42
Time Complexity : O(n2)Â
Auxiliary Space : O(n)
An efficient solution is based on the fact that the array is sorted. We use the same concept as discussed in GP triplet question. The idea is to start from the second element and fix every element as a middle element and search for the other two elements in a triplet (one smaller and one greater).Â
Below is the implementation of the above idea.Â
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Java
import java.io.*;
class GFG
{
static void findAllTriplets( int arr[], int n)
{
for ( int i = 1 ; i < n - 1 ; i++)
{
for ( int j = i - 1 , k = i + 1 ; j >= 0 && k < n;)
{
if (arr[j] + arr[k] == 2 * arr[i])
{
System.out.println(arr[j] + " " +
arr[i]+ " " + arr[k]);
k++;
j--;
}
else if (arr[j] + arr[k] < 2 * arr[i])
k++;
else
j--;
}
}
}
public static void main (String[] args)
{
int arr[] = { 2 , 6 , 9 , 12 , 17 ,
22 , 31 , 32 , 35 , 42 };
int n = arr.length;
findAllTriplets(arr, n);
}
}
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Output :Â Â
6 9 12
2 12 22
12 17 22
2 17 32
12 22 32
9 22 35
2 22 42
22 32 42
Time Complexity : O(n2)Â
Auxiliary Space : O(1)
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