Find all pairs of elements from an array whose sum is equal to given number

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Problem :

Given a  array,we need to find all pairs whose sum is equal to number X.
For example:

Solution :

Solution 1:

You can check each and every pair of numbers and find the sum equals to  X.
Java code:

 Solution 2:

  • Sort the array
  • We will maintain two indexes one at beginning (l=0) and one at end (r=n-1)
  • iterate until l <  r
  • Check if arr[l] + arr[r] is equal to X
  • if Yes, then print the pair and do l++, r–
  • If arr[l] + arr[r] is less than X, this means if we want to find sum close to X, do r–
  • If arr[l] + arr[r] is greater than X,this means if we want to find sum close to X , do l++
Java code:

Time complexity : O(NLogN)

Solution 3:

Using Hashing

  • Put array element in HashMap with element as key and its index as value.
  • Iterate over array arr[]
  • Check for arr[i],  if X-arr[i] is present in HashMap.
  • If yes, we have found the pair and print it.
Java code:
Time complexity : O(NLogN) Space complexity : O(N)

Java program to find all pairs whose sum is equal to given number:

When you run above program, you will get below output:

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