find pair of numbers in array that add to given sum

Question

Question: Given an unsorted array of positive integers, is it possible to find a pair of integers from that array that sum up to a given sum?

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Answer 1

Here is a solution witch takes into account duplicate entries. It is written in javascript and runs using sorted and unsorted arrays. The solution runs in O(n) time.

var count_pairs_unsorted = function(_arr,x) {
  // setup variables
  var asc_arr = [];
  var len = _arr.length;
  if(!x) x = 0;
  var pairs = 0;
  var i = -1;
  var k = len-1;
  if(len<2) return pairs;
  // tally all the like numbers into buckets
  while(i-1){
    var y;
    if(i1) {
        if(_arr[i]==y) {
          var comb = 1;
          while(--asc_arr[_arr[i]] > 0) {pairs+=(comb++);}
        } else pairs+=asc_arr[_arr[i]]*asc_arr[y];
        asc_arr[y] = 0;
        asc_arr[_arr[i]] = 0;
      }

    }
    if(k>-1) {
      y = x-_arr[k];
      if(asc_arr[y]!=undefined&&(asc_arr[y]+asc_arr[_arr[k]])>1) {
        if(_arr[k]==y) {
          var comb = 1;
          while(--asc_arr[_arr[k]] > 0) {pairs+=(comb++);}
        } else pairs+=asc_arr[_arr[k]]*asc_arr[y];
        asc_arr[y] = 0;
        asc_arr[_arr[k]] = 0;
      }

    }
    i++;
    k--;
  }
  return pairs;
}

Start at both side of the array and slowly work your way inwards keeping a count of how many times each number is found. Once you reach the midpoint all numbers are tallied and you can now progress both pointers counting the pairs as you go.

It only counts pairs but can be reworked to

• find the pairs
• find pairs < x
• find pairs > x

Enjoy!