Suppose A, B, C are arrays of integers of size M, N, and M + N respectively. The numbers in array A appear in ascending order while the numbers in array B appear in descending order. Write a user defined function in C++ to produce third array C by merging arrays A and B in ascending order. Use A, B and C as arguments in the function.

Source Code

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
void Merge(int A[], int B[], int C[], int N, int M, int &K);
int main()
{
	int A[100], B[100], C[200],i,n,m,k;
	cout<<"\nEnter number of elements you want to insert in first array ";
	cin>>n;
	cout<<"Enter element in ascending order\n";
	for(i=0;i<n;i++)
	{
		cout<<"Enter element "<<i+1<<":";
		cin>>A[i];
	}
	cout<<"\nEnter number of elements you want to insert in second array ";
	cin>>m;
	cout<<"Enter element in descending order\n";
	for(i=0;i<m;i++)
	{
		cout<<"Enter element "<<i+1<<":";
		cin>>B[i];
	}
	Merge(A,B,C,n,m,k);
	cout<<"\nThe Merged Array in Ascending Order"<<endl;
	for(i=0;i<k;i++)
	{
		cout<<C[i]<<" ";
	}
	return 0;
}
void Merge(int A[], int B[], int C[], int N, int M, int &K)
{
	int I=0, J=M-1;
	K=0;
	while (I<N && J>=0)
	{
		if (A[I]<B[J])
			C[K++]=A[I++];
		else if (A[I]>B[J])
			C[K++]=B[J--];
		else
		{
			C[K++]=A[I++];
			J--;
		}
	}
	for (int T=I;T<N;T++)
		C[K++]=A[T];
	for (int T=J;T>=0;T--)
		C[K++]=B[T];
}

Output

Enter number of elements you want to insert in first array 5
Enter element in ascending order
Enter element 1: 10
Enter element 2: 26
Enter element 3: 30
Enter element 4: 44
Enter element 5: 45

Enter number of elements you want to insert in second array 3
Enter element in descending order
Enter element 1: 44
Enter element 2: 40
Enter element 3: 26

The Merged Array in ascending Order
10  26  30  34  40  44  45