The word “carry forward” does not refer to a specific idea in data structures and algorithms. However, “carry forward” in the context of arrays often refers to the process of relocating entries in an array to fill in empty spaces left by deleted or removed elements. This is also referred to as “moving” or “sliding” elements.
Let us see a code that uses “carry” in the sense of adding a 1 to the last digit of an array and propagating any carry to the next digit, analogous to binary arithmetic carry operations.
class Test {
static int[] plusOne(int digits[]) {
int cary = 1;
for (int i = digits.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
int sum = digits[i] + cary;
digits[i] = sum % 10;
cary = sum / 10;
}
if (cary != 0) {
int[] newArray = new int[digits.length + 1];
System.arraycopy(digits, 0, newArray, 1, digits.length);
newArray[0] = cary;
return newArray;
}
return digits;
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Test obj = new Test();
int arr[] = { 1, 4, 2, 10, 2, 3, 1, 0, 20 };
int[] result = obj.plusOne(arr); // Call plusOne method on the instance
System.out.println("Result: ");
for (int i : result) {
System.out.print(i + " ");
}
}
}
Output:
Result:
1 4 3 0 2 3 1 2 1
The Java solution presented uses the “carry forward” approach to add one to an array of digits that represents a non-negative integer in reverse order. Here’s a detailed breakdown of how the solution works:
cary
to 1, which represents the carry value initially.digits.length-1
to 0, using the variable i
as the loop index.digits[i]
and the carry cary
, and store it in a variable sum
.digits[i]
with the value of sum
modulo 10, which gives the remainder when divided by 10, using the expression digits[i] = sum % 10
. This represents the carry forward operation, where the remainder is the updated digit and the quotient is the carry for the next iteration.cary
with the value of sum
divided by 10, which gives the quotient when divided by 10, using the expression cary = sum / 10
.cary
that needs to be added as a new digit at the beginning of the array.newArray
with a length of digits.length + 1
to accommodate the new digit.System.arraycopy()
method to copy the elements of the original digits
array to the newArray
, starting from index 0 of digits
to index 1 of newArray
, and copying digits.length
elements. This shifts the original digits to the right by one position to make room for the carry at the beginning.newArray
to the value of cary
, which represents the new digit.newArray
as the updated array if there is a carry, or return the original digits
array if there is no carry.Note: also read about DSA: Concept of Array
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