Lovely Professional University, Punjab

Data Structures
Lecture : Linear Array
 Contents
• Basic Terminology
• Linear Array
• Memory Representation of Linear Array
• Traversing Array
• Insertion and Deletion in Array
• Sorting (Bubble Sort)
• Searching (Linear Search and Binary Search)
• Review Questions
 Basic Terminology
• Linear Data Structures: A data structure is said to be linear if its
elements form a sequence or a linear list.

• Linear Array: is a list of a finite number n of homogeneous data

elements such that:

(a) the elements of the array are referenced by an index set

consisting of n consecutive numbers.

(b) the elements of the array are stored respectively in

successive memory locations.
 Key Terms
• Size / Length of Array
• Index of Array
• Upper bound and Lower bound of Array
Memory Representation of Arrays
19 5 42 18 199

1001
1002
1003
1004
1005
1006
1007
1008
1009
1010
1011
1012
 Traversing Linear Array
• Suppose we have to count the number of element is an array
or print all the elements of array.

• Algorithm 1: (Using While Loop)

1. [Initialize Counter.] Set K = LB.

2. Repeat Step 3 and 4 while K<= UB.
3. [Visit Element.] Apply PROCESS to A[K].
4. [Increase Counter.] Set K = K+1.
[End of Step 2 Loop.]
5. Exit.
 Algorithm 2: (Using for loop)

1. Repeat for K = LB to UB
Apply PROCESS to A[K].
[ End of Loop.]
2. Exit.

Question.1: Find the Number of elements in an array which are

greater than 25.

Question 2: Find out the sum of all the two digit numbers in an
array.
 Insertion and Deletion in an Array
• Two types of insertion are possible:
• Insertion at the end of array
• Insertion in the middle of the array
 Insertion into a Linear Array
• Algorithm: (Insertion of an element ITEM into Kth position in
a Linear Array A)

1. [Initialize Counter.] Set J = N.

2. Repeat Steps 3and 4 while J >= K.
3. [Move Jth element downward] Set A[J+1] = A[J].
4. [Decrease Counter.] Set J = J-1.
[End of Step 2 loop]
5. [Insert element.] Set A[K] = ITEM.
6. [Reset N] N = N+1.
7. Exit
 Deletion into a Linear Array
Algorithm: (Delete Kth element from Linear Array A)

1. Repeat for J = K to N-1.

2. [Move (J+1)th element upward] Set A[J] = A[J+1].
[End of loop.]
3. [Reset the number of elements N] Set N = N-1.
4. Exit
 Merging Algorithm

• Suppose A is a sorted list with r elements and B is a sorted list

with s elements. The operation that combines the element of A
and B into a single sorted list C with n=r + s elements is called
merging.

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 Merging Algorithm
 Algorithm: Merging (A, R,B,S,C)
Here A and B be sorted arrays with R and S elements
respectively. This algorithm merges A and B into an array
C with N=R+ S elements
 Step 1: Set NA=0, NB=0 and NC=0
 Step 2: Repeat while NA < R and NB < S:
if A[NA] ≤ B[NB], then:
Set C[NC] = A[NA]
Set NA = NA +1
else
Set C[NC] = B[NB]
Set NB = NB +1
[End of if structure]
Set NC= NC +1
[End of Loop]

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 Merging Algorithm
Step 3: If NA >=R, then:
Repeat while NB < S:
Set C[NC] = B[NB]
Set NB = NB+1
Set NC = NC +1
[End of Loop]
else
Repeat while NA < R:
Set C[NC] = A[NA]
Set NC = NC + 1
Set NA = NA +1
[End of loop]
[End of if structure]
Step 4: Return C[NC]
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 Merging Algorithm
• Complexity of merging: The input consists of the total number
n=r+s elements in A and B. Each comparison assigns an
element to the array C, which eventually has n elements.
Accordingly, the number f(n) of comparisons cannot exceed n:
f(n) ≤ n = O(n)

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 Searching
1. Linear Search:
• Compares the item of interest with each element of Array
one by one.
• Traverses the Array sequentially to locate the desired
item.
 Linear Search Algorithm
• LINEAR (DATA, N, ITEM, LOC)

1. [Insert ITEM at the end of DATA] Set Data [N+1]= ITEM.

2. [Initialize Counter] Set LOC=1.
3. [Search for ITEM.]
Repeat while DATA [LOC] != ITEM
Set LOC = LOC +1.
[End of loop.]
4. [Successful?] if LOC = N + 1, then Set LOC = 0.
5. Exit.
 Binary Search
• BINARY ( DATA, LB, UB, ITEM, LOC )
1. [Initialize Segment Variables]
Set BEG = LB, END = UB and MID = INT ((BEG+END)/2).
2. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 while BEG <= END and DATA [MID] != ITEM.
3. If ITEM < DATA[MID], then:
Set END = MID - 1.
Else:
Set BEG = MID + 1.
[End of if Structure.]
4. Set MID = INT ((BEG+END)/2).
[End of Step 2 Loop.]
5. If DATA [MID] = ITEM, then: LOC=MID
Else:
Set LOC = NULL.
[End of if structure.]
6. Exit.
 Limitations of Binary Search
• Although the complexity of Binary Search is
O (log n), it has some limitations:
1. the list must be sorted
2. one must have direct access to the middle element in any
sublist.
Questions