PHPFan
PHPFan

Reputation: 796

Printing elements of an array without repeating an element

I have a java class which involves a String array and two for loops

for going through the array elements and prints them plus their redundancy in the

array as they are Strings .

I want someone help me to print each element (String) one time only even it

repeated in the array.

The following code prints some element in the array more than one time.

So comparison between elements of the array Needed

 public class myClassName {

 static String [] myArray = {"Khaled","Valderama","Daoud","Khaled","Rasheed","Daoud","Valderama","Khaled"};

      public static String [] getArray()

      {

      String str[] = new String[myArray.length];

     for(int i=0;i<myArray.length;i++)

       {

       str[i] = myArray[i].toString();

        }

       return str;

     }

     public static void main( String [] args)

     {

     String d [] = getArray();

     int noOftimesRepeated;

          for(int i=0;i<getArray().length;i++)

          {

          noOftimesRepeated=1;

          String currentName = d[i];

          for(int j=0;j<getArray().length;j++)

          {

          if(i!=j && d[i].equalsIgnoreCase(d[j]))

          {

          noOftimesRepeated = noOftimesRepeated+1;

          }


          }

          int j =0;


          System.out.println(d[i]+"\t" +"\t"+noOftimesRepeated);

  }

 }

}

Please Is there any solution without using .util.* package

I have a second trial but it out prints the one element and it redundancy

only.

 public class Javafool {

      static String [] myArray = {"Khaled","Valderama","Daoud","Khaled","Rasheed","Daoud","Valderama","Khalo","Valderama"};

     static String str2[] = new String[myArray.length];


     public static String [] getArray()
      {

      String str[] = new String[myArray.length];


      for(int i=0;i<myArray.length;i++)

      {

      str[i] = myArray[i].toString();

      }

      return str;

      }

      public static void main(String[] args) {

      String d [] = getArray();

      int noOftimesRepeated;

       sort(myArray);

       int no_of_repeat=1;

        String temp =null;

     int i   ;

      for(  i = 0;i<myArray.length-1;i++)

       {

           temp = myArray[i];

         myArray[i] = myArray[i+1];

         myArray[i+1] = temp;

       if(myArray[i].equals(temp))

       {

       no_of_repeat=  ++no_of_repeat;

       }

     }

      System.out.println(myArray[i]+""+temp+"\t"+"\t\t"+no_of_repeat);

      }

     public static void sort(String [] array) {

       String temp = null;

       for(int j=0;j<array.length;j++)
             {

         for(int i = 0; i<array.length-1;i++)
              {
           if(array[i].compareTo(array[i+1])<0)
                {

         temp = array[i];

         array[i] = array[i+1];

         array[i+1] = temp;

           }

           }}}}

Upvotes: 4

Views: 10891

Answers (12)

kadim kareem
kadim kareem

Reputation: 145

The problem is that arrays are fixed size in memory and you can't drop the duplicated values from the array.

So either you transfer the duplicated values to unwanted values (like zeros or any string), or you use an ArrayList, which allows you to drop values from the list (because lists are not fixed size and you can change it).

Upvotes: 0

PHPFan
PHPFan

Reputation: 796

I found the solution,(The following solution doesn't involve java.util

package , and it depends on Quicksort Algorithm).

Thank you all.

     public class Javafool 

     {

static String [] myArray = {"Khaled","Valderama","Daoud","Khaled","Rasheed","Daoud","Valderama","Khalo","Valderama","Daoud"};

static String str2[] = new String[myArray.length];

     public static void main(String[] args)

     {

     int [] noOftimesRepeated;

      sort(myArray);

      int no_of_repeat=1;

      String temp =null;

       int i   ;

       int count = 0;

       String previous = null;

      for (String s : myArray) 

      {

     if (s.equals(previous))

     {

     count++;
     } 

     else 

     {

     if( previous !=null)

     System.out.println(previous + " :" + count);

     previous = s;

     count = 1;

     }

     }

     if (myArray.length > 0)

    {

    System.out.println(previous + " :" + count);

    }

    }

   public static void sort(String [] array) {

   String temp = null;

   for(int j=0;j<array.length;j++)

  {

 for(int i = 0; i<array.length-1;i++)

  {

  if(array[i].compareTo(array[i+1])<0)

  {

  temp = array[i];

  array[i] = array[i+1];

  array[i+1] = temp;

 }

 }

    } } }

Upvotes: 0

Marcia Ong
Marcia Ong

Reputation: 781

You dun need 2 for loop to do it. Just this 3 line of code will do! :D

final List<String> lst = Arrays.asList("Khaled","Valderama","Daoud","Khaled","Rasheed","Daoud","Valderama","Khaled");
    final Set<String> set = new HashSet<String>(lst);
    System.out.printf("Unique values: ", set);

If without *ulit package

You will need a custom sort method. The pseudo code can goes like that (Not a efficient way of doing)

"Given" lst array; 
Array temp = new Araay(lst.lenght); 

//two for loop for 
(int i = 0; i< lst.lenght; i++) { 
if(i==0){ 
temp[i] = lst[i]; // first array 
} 
for (int u = 0 ; u < lst.lenght; u ++){ 
//Write a code here if the lst[i] string is not equal to any temp[u] string, add then inside. Else dun care :) Cheers! 
} 
}

Upvotes: 0

Saj
Saj

Reputation: 18702

Aside from using Set, you can also create a list of unique items.

String [] myArray = {"Khaled", "Valderama", "Daoud", "Khaled", "Rasheed", "Daoud", "Valderama", "Khaled"};
List<String> myPrintList = new ArrayList<String>();        

for(String str : myArray){            
    if(!myPrintList.contains(str)){ // Check first if myPrintList contains the item already
        myPrintList.add(str); // Add if the list doesn't contain that item
    }
}

// Print list
for(String str : myPrintList){
    System.out.println(str);
}

EDIT based from comment:

Not sure why you do not want to use util package, but-

String [] myArray = {"Khaled", "Valderama", "Daoud", "Khaled", "Rasheed", "Daoud", "Valderama", "Khaled"};
StringBuilder uniqueNames = new StringBuilder(); // For storing all unique names separated by a pipe (|)        

for(String str : myArray){

    if(uniqueNames.indexOf(str) < 0){ // Check if str exists in builder yet
        uniqueNames.append(str); // Add str if it doesn't exist
        uniqueNames.append("|"); // Add delimiter                
    }

}

String[] myPrintArray = uniqueNames.toString().split("\\|"); // Get an array by splitting using the pipe delimiter

for(String str : myPrintArray){        
    System.out.println(str);
}

Upvotes: 0

Jesse
Jesse

Reputation: 525

I agree with previous guy, firstly you should make you arraylist in a sequence, you can try the Quicksort algorithm,secondly you should compare current element with the previous one, if they equal, do not print it. it is easy, right?

you can extract your quicksort algorithm function to a util class, so you can use it in later development.

Upvotes: 0

Arnaud Denoyelle
Arnaud Denoyelle

Reputation: 31225

If you absolutely don't want to use java.util, you can still sort by hand and remove adjacent duplicates :

public static void main(String[] args) {
  String [] myArray = {"Khaled","Valderama","Daoud","Khaled","Rasheed","Daoud","Valderama","Khaled"};
  sort(myArray);

  String last=null;
  for(int i = 0;i<myArray.length;i++) {
    if(last==null || !myArray[i].equals(last)) {
      last = myArray[i];
      System.out.print(last+", ");
    }
  }
}

/*
 * Very naive method to sort elements. You can improve this with a merge sort.
 * Arrays.sort() would do the same job in a better way.
 */
public static void sort(String [] array) {
  String temp = null;

  for(int j=0;j<array.length;j++) {
    for(int i = 0; i<array.length-1;i++) {
      if(array[i].compareTo(array[i+1])<0) {
        temp = array[i];
        array[i] = array[i+1];
        array[i+1] = temp;
      }
    }
  }
}

Upvotes: 1

Ruchira Gayan Ranaweera
Ruchira Gayan Ranaweera

Reputation: 35557

You can use set. Set will avoid adding duplicates.

    String [] myArray = {"Khaled","Valderama","Daoud",
                        "Khaled","Rasheed","Daoud","Valderama","Khaled"};
    Set<String> set=new HashSet<>();
    for(String i:myArray){
        set.add(i);
    }
    System.out.println(set);

If you don't want to use java.util.* package try following way.

  String [] myArray = {"Khaled","Valderama","Daoud","Khaled","Rasheed","Daoud",
                       "Valderama","Khaled"};
    String[] newArr=new String[myArray.length];
    int j=0;
    for(String i:myArray){
        if(!Arrays.toString(newArr).contains(i)){
            newArr[j]=i;
            j++;
        }
    }

Upvotes: 0

lulyon
lulyon

Reputation: 7225

Use Map<String, Integer>, String for the input string, Integer for the noOftimesRepeated counter.

Example:

Map<String , Integer> map = new HashMap<String , Integer>(); 

// Add and count str Repeated times.
map.put(str, map.get(str) + 1);

// output string and counter pair in map
System.out.println(map);

Upvotes: 2

upog
upog

Reputation: 5531

try this. The for Loop will not be running fully for duplicate items

import java.util.ArrayList;
public class myClassName {

 static String [] myArray = {"Khaled","Valderama","Daoud","Khaled","Rasheed","Daoud","Valderama","Khaled"};
      public static String [] getArray()
      {
          String str[] = new String[myArray.length];
          for(int i=0;i<myArray.length;i++)
          {
              str[i] = myArray[i].toString();
          }
       return str;
     }

     public static void main( String [] args)
     {
         String d [] = getArray();
         int noOftimesRepeated;
         ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
          for(int i=0;i<getArray().length;i++)
          {
              if(list.contains(d[i]))
                    continue;
              noOftimesRepeated=1;

              for(int j=0;j<getArray().length;j++)
              {
                  if(i!=j && d[i].equalsIgnoreCase(d[j])  )
                  {
                      noOftimesRepeated = noOftimesRepeated+1;
                      list.add(d[i]);
                  }
              }
              System.out.println(d[i]+"\t" +"\t"+noOftimesRepeated);

          }
     }
}

Upvotes: 0

Jayamohan
Jayamohan

Reputation: 12924

You can do as below,

String[] myArray = { "Khaled", "Valderama", "Daoud", "Khaled",
        "Rasheed", "Daoud", "Valderama", "Khaled" };
Set<String> sets = new HashSet<String>(Arrays.asList(myArray));
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(sets.toArray()));

Upvotes: 0

arjacsoh
arjacsoh

Reputation: 9232

Add the Strings to Set<String>, which eliminates duplicate values, and then print them:

List<String> list = Arrays.asList("Khaled", "Valderama",...);
Set<String> set = new LinkedHashSet<String>(list);

for(String s : set)
  System.out.println(s);

Upvotes: 3

Maxim Shoustin
Maxim Shoustin

Reputation: 77904

public static void main(String[] args) {
    List<String> myArray = Arrays.asList("Khaled","Valderama","Daoud","Khaled","Rasheed","Daoud","Valderama","Khaled");

    Set<String> sets = new HashSet<String>();

    sets.addAll(myArray);

    System.out.println(sets);
}

Output: [Khaled, Valderama, Rasheed, Daoud]

Upvotes: 0

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