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Left Rotate Array by K Positions

Code

#include <stdio.h>

// Function to reverse a subarray from index start to end
void reverse(int arr[], int start, int end) {
    while (start < end) {
        // Swap arr[start] and arr[end]
        int temp = arr[start];
        arr[start] = arr[end];
        arr[end] = temp;
        start++;
        end--;
    }
}

// Rotate array left by k positions using reverse method
void rotate_left(int arr[], int n, int k) {
    k = k % n; // Handle k > n

    if (k == 0) return;

    // Step 1: Reverse first k elements
    reverse(arr, 0, k - 1);

    // Step 2: Reverse remaining elements
    reverse(arr, k, n - 1);

    // Step 3: Reverse the whole array
    reverse(arr, 0, n - 1);
}

int main() {
    int n, k;
    scanf("%d %d", &n, &k);

    int arr[100];

    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        scanf("%d", &arr[i]);
    }

    rotate_left(arr, n, k);

    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        printf("%d", arr[i]);
        if (i < n - 1) {
            printf(" ");
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

Solving Approach

 

 

 

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Input

5 2 1 2 3 4 5

Expected Output

3 4 5 1 2