Minimum partitions of maximum size 2 and sum limited by given value

Given an array arr[] of positive numbers, find minimum number of sets in array which satisfy following property,

A set can contain maximum two elements in it. The two elements need not to be contiguous.
Sum of elements of set should be less than or equal to given Key. It may be assumed that given key is greater than or equal to the largest array element.

Examples:

Input: arr[] = [10, 20, 12], key = 25
Output: 2
We break into two parts {10, 12} and {2}

Input : arr[] = [3, 5, 3, 4], key=5
Output : 4
Explanation: 4 sets (3), (5), (3), (4)

The idea is to first sort the array, then follow two pointer approach. We begin two pointers from two corners of the sorted array. If their sum is smaller than or equal to given key, then we make set of them, else we consider the last element alone.

Below is the implementation of the above approach :

C++

// C++ program to count minimum number of partitions
// of size 2 and sum smaller than or equal to given
// key.
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
 
int minimumSets(int arr[], int n, int key)
{
    int i, j;
 
    // sort the array
    sort(arr, arr + n);
 
    // if sum of ith smaller and jth larger element is
    // less than key, then pack both numbers in a set
    // otherwise pack the jth larger number
    // alone in the set
    for (i = 0, j = n - 1; i <= j; ++i)
        if (arr[i] + arr[j] <= key)
            j--;
 
    // After ending of loop i will contain minimum
    // number of sets
    return i;
}
 
int main()
{
    int arr[] = { 3, 5, 3, 4 };
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
    int key = 5;
    cout << minimumSets(arr, n, key);
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java program to count minimum number of partitions
// of size 2 and sum smaller than or equal to given
// key.
 
import java.util.Arrays;
class GFG {
 
 
static int minimumSets(int arr[], int n, int key)
{
    int i, j;
 
    // sort the array
    Arrays.sort(arr);
 
    // if sum of ith smaller and jth larger element is
    // less than key, then pack both numbers in a set
    // otherwise pack the jth larger number
    // alone in the set
    for (i = 0, j = n - 1; i <= j; ++i)
        if (arr[i] + arr[j] <= key)
            j--;
 
    // After ending of loop i will contain minimum
    // number of sets
    return i;
}
 
 
 
    public static void main (String[] args) {
    int []arr = { 3, 5, 3, 4 };
    int n =arr.length;
    int key = 5;
    System.out.println( minimumSets(arr, n, key));
    }
}
// This code is contributed by chandan_jnu.

Python3

# Python 3 program to count minimum number
# of partitions of size 2 and sum smaller
# than or equal to given key.
 
def minimumSets(arr, n, key):
     
    # sort the array
    arr.sort(reverse = False)
 
    # if sum of ith smaller and jth larger
    # element is less than key, then pack
    # both numbers in a set otherwise pack
    # the jth larger number alone in the set
    j = n - 1
    for i in range(0, j + 1, 1):
        if (arr[i] + arr[j] <= key):
            j -= 1
 
    # After ending of loop i will
    # contain minimum number of sets
    return i + 1
 
# Driver Code
if __name__ == '__main__':
    arr = [3, 5, 3, 4]
    n = len(arr)
    key = 5
    print(minimumSets(arr, n, key))
 
# This code is contributed by
# Shashank_Sharma

C#

// C# program to count minimum
// number of partitions of size
// 2 and sum smaller than or
// equal to given key.
using System;
class GFG
{
 
static int minimumSets(int []arr,
                       int n, int key)
{
    int i, j;
 
    // sort the array
    Array.Sort(arr);
 
    // if sum of ith smaller and
    // jth larger element is less
    // than key, then pack both
    // numbers in a set otherwise
    // pack the jth larger number
    // alone in the set
    for (i = 0, j = n - 1; i <= j; ++i)
        if (arr[i] + arr[j] <= key)
            j--;
 
    // After ending of loop i
    // will contain minimum
    // number of sets
    return i;
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void Main ()
{
    int []arr = { 3, 5, 3, 4 };
    int n =arr.Length;
    int key = 5;
    Console.WriteLine(minimumSets(arr, n, key));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed
// by chandan_jnu.

PHP

<?php
// PHP program to count minimum
// number of partitions of size
// 2 and sum smaller than or
// equal to given key.
function minimumSets($arr, $n, $key)
{
    $i; $j;
 
    // sort the array
    sort($arr);
 
    // if sum of ith smaller and
    // jth larger element is less
    // than key, then pack both
    // numbers in a set otherwise
    // pack the jth larger number
    // alone in the set
    for ($i = 0, $j = $n - 1; $i <= $j; ++$i)
        if ($arr[$i] + $arr[$j] <= $key)
            $j--;
        return $i;
}
 
// Driver Code
$arr = array( 3, 5, 3, 4 );
$n = count($arr);
$key = 5;
echo minimumSets($arr, $n, $key);
 
// This code is contributed
// by chandan_jnu   
?>

Javascript

<script>
 
 
// Javascript program to count minimum number of partitions
// of size 2 and sum smaller than or equal to given
// key.
 
function minimumSets(arr, n, key)
{
    var i, j;
 
    // sort the array
    arr.sort((a,b)=> a-b)
 
    // if sum of ith smaller and jth larger element is
    // less than key, then pack both numbers in a set
    // otherwise pack the jth larger number
    // alone in the set
    for (i = 0, j = n - 1; i <= j; ++i)
        if (arr[i] + arr[j] <= key)
            j--;
 
    // After ending of loop i will contain minimum
    // number of sets
    return i;
}
 
var arr = [3, 5, 3, 4];
var n = arr.length;
var key = 5;
document.write( minimumSets(arr, n, key));
 
</script>