@Ashish: your solution is not O(N). I dont think you are taking advantage of the statement "( A and B need not be sorted in the end)" @sravanreddy: excellent solution.
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Ashish Goel <ashg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > int i=lenA-1; > int j=lenB-1; > > while (j>=0) > { > if (A[i] >B[j]) {swap(A[i] ,B[j]); sort(A); } > j--; > } > > > > Best Regards > Ashish Goel > "Think positive and find fuel in failure" > +919985813081 > +919966006652 > > > > On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 11:09 PM, ross <jagadish1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> Given 2 sorted arrays: A and B each holding n and m elements >> respectively,. >> Hence, total no. of elements = m+n >> Give an algorithm to place the smallest 'm' elements(out of the m+n >> total available) in A and the largest 'n' elements in B. ( A and B >> need not be sorted in the end) >> >> eg: >> A : 1 2 3 B: 0 1.5 4 5 9 >> >> Output: >> A can contain any combination of nos 0,1,1.5 >> and B should contain 2 3 4 5 9 (in any order.) >> >> Constraints: No extra space. Linear Time preferred >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.