/** * @file * @brief Implementation of [Floyd's Cycle * Detection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_detection) algorithm * @details * Given an array of integers containing `n + 1` integers, where each * integer is in the range [1, n] inclusive. If there is only one duplicate * number in the input array, this algorithm returns the duplicate number in * O(1) space and the time complexity is less than O(n^2) without modifying the * original array, otherwise, it returns -1. * @author [Swastika Gupta](https://github.com/Swastyy) */ #include /// for assert #include /// for uint32_t #include /// for IO operations /** * @brief The main function implements the search algorithm * @tparam T type of array * @param in_arr the input array * @param n size of the array * @returns the duplicate number */ uint32_t duplicateNumber(const uint32_t *in_arr, size_t n) { if (n <= 1) { // to find duplicate in an array its size should be at least 2 return -1; } uint32_t tortoise = in_arr[0]; ///< variable tortoise is used for the longer ///< jumps in the array uint32_t hare = in_arr[0]; ///< variable hare is used for shorter jumps in the array do { // loop to enter the cycle tortoise = in_arr[tortoise]; // tortoise is moving by one step hare = in_arr[in_arr[hare]]; // hare is moving by two steps } while (tortoise != hare); tortoise = in_arr[0]; while (tortoise != hare) { // loop to find the entry point of cycle tortoise = in_arr[tortoise]; hare = in_arr[hare]; } return tortoise; } /** * @brief Self-test implementations * @returns void */ static void test() { uint32_t arr[] = {1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610}; // input array size_t n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(int); printf("1st test... "); uint32_t index = duplicateNumber(arr, n); // calling the duplicateNumber function to check which number occurs twice in the array assert(index == 1); // the number which occurs twice is 1 or not printf("passed\n"); } /** * @brief Main function * @returns 0 on exit */ int main() { test(); // run self-test implementations return 0; }