i-largest.cpp

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	> File Name: worse-case-linear-time.cpp
	> Author: Louis1992
	> Mail: zhenchaogan@gmail.com
	> Blog: http://gzc.github.io
	> Created Time: Sun May 24 14:09:41 2015
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// C++ implementation of worst case linear time algorithm
// to find k'th smallest element
#include<iostream>
#include<algorithm>
#include<vector>
using namespace std;

int partition(int arr[], int l, int r, int k);

// A simple function to find median of arr[].  This is called
// only for an array of size 5 in this program.
int findMedian(int arr[], int n)
{
    sort(arr, arr+n);  // Sort the array
    return arr[n/2];   // Return middle element
}

// Returns k'th smallest element in arr[l..r] in worst case
// linear time. ASSUMPTION: ALL ELEMENTS IN ARR[] ARE DISTINCT
int kthSmallest(int arr[], int l, int r, int k)
{
    if (k > 0 && k <= r - l + 1)
    {
        int n = r-l+1; // Number of elements in arr[l..r]
        
        // Divide arr[] in groups of size 5, calculate median
        // of every group and store it in median[] array.
        int i, median[(n+4)/5]; // There will be floor((n+4)/5) groups;
        for (i=0; i<n/5; i++)
            median[i] = findMedian(arr+l+i*5, 5);
        if (i*5 < n) //For last group with less than 5 elements
        {
            median[i] = findMedian(arr+l+i*5, n%5);
            i++;
        }
        
        // Find median of all medians using recursive call.
        // If median[] has only one element, then no need
        // of recursive call
        int medOfMed = (i == 1)? median[i-1]:kthSmallest(median, 0, i-1, i/2);
        
        // Partition the array around a random element and
        // get position of pivot element in sorted array
        int pos = partition(arr, l, r, medOfMed);
        
        if (pos-l == k-1)
            return arr[pos];
        if (pos-l > k-1)
            return kthSmallest(arr, l, pos-1, k);
        return kthSmallest(arr, pos+1, r, k-pos+l-1);
    }

    return INT_MAX;
}

void swap(int *a, int *b)
{
    int temp = *a;
    *a = *b;
    *b = temp;
}

// It searches for x in arr[l..r], and partitions the array
// around x.
int partition(int arr[], int l, int r, int x)
{
    int i;
    for (i=l; i<r; i++)
        if (arr[i] == x)
            break;
    swap(&arr[i], &arr[r]);
    
    i = l;
    for (int j = l; j <= r - 1; j++)
    {
        if (arr[j] <= x)
        {
            swap(&arr[i], &arr[j]);
            i++;
        }
    }
    swap(&arr[i], &arr[r]);
    return i;
}

// Driver program to test above methods
int main()
{
    int arr[] = {12, 3, 5, 7, 4, -2, 26};
    int n = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]), k = 3;
    int r = kthSmallest(arr, 0, n-1, k);
    vector<int>v;
    for(int i = 0;i < n;i++)
        if(arr[i] >= r)
            v.push_back(arr[i]);
    sort(v.begin(), v.end());
    for(auto e : v)
        cout << e << " ";
    return 0;
}