Array Data Structure

Quickly find multiple left rotations of an array | Set 1

Difficulty Level : Easy
Last Updated : 26 Apr, 2022

Given an array of size n and multiple values around which we need to left rotate the array. How to quickly find multiple left rotations?
Examples:

Input : arr[] = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9}
        k1 = 1
        k2 = 3
        k3 = 4
        k4 = 6
Output : 3 5 7 9 1
         7 9 1 3 5
         9 1 3 5 7
         3 5 7 9 1

Input : arr[] = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9}
        k1 = 14 
Output : 9 1 3 5 7

Simple Approach: We have already discussed different approaches given in below posts.

The best of above approaches take O(n) time and O(1) extra space.
Efficient Approach:
The above approaches work well when there is a single rotation required. The approaches also modify the original array. To handle multiple queries of array rotation, we use a temp array of size 2n and quickly handle rotations.
Step 1: Copy the entire array two times in temp[0..2n-1] array.
Step 2: Starting position of array after k rotations in temp[] will be k % n. We do k
Step 3: Print temp[] array from k % n to k % n + n.

C++

// CPP implementation of left rotation of
// an array K number of times
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Fills temp[] with two copies of arr[]
void preprocess(int arr[], int n, int temp[])
{
    // Store arr[] elements at i and i + n
    for (int i = 0; i<n; i++)
         temp[i] = temp[i + n] = arr[i];
}
 
// Function to left rotate an array k times
void leftRotate(int arr[], int n, int k, int temp[])
{
    // Starting position of array after k
    // rotations in temp[] will be k % n
    int start = k % n;
 
    // Print array after k rotations
    for (int i = start; i < start + n; i++)
         cout << temp[i] << " ";
 
    cout << endl;
}
 
// Driver program
int main()
{
    int arr[] = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9};
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
 
    int temp[2*n];
    preprocess(arr, n, temp);
 
    int k = 2;
    leftRotate(arr, n, k, temp);
 
    k = 3;
    leftRotate(arr, n, k, temp);
 
    k = 4;
    leftRotate(arr, n, k, temp);
 
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java implementation of left rotation of
// an array K number of times
class LeftRotate
{
    // Fills temp[] with two copies of arr[]
    static void preprocess(int arr[], int n,
                                   int temp[])
    {
        // Store arr[] elements at i and i + n
        for (int i = 0; i<n; i++)
             temp[i] = temp[i + n] = arr[i];
    }
  
    // Function to left rotate an array k time
    static void leftRotate(int arr[], int n, int k, 
                                    int temp[])
    {
        // Starting position of array after k
        // rotations in temp[] will be k % n
        int start = k % n;
      
        // Print array after k rotations
        for (int i = start; i < start + n; i++)
            System.out.print(temp[i] + " ");
      
        System.out.print("\n");
    }
 
    // Driver program
    public static void main (String[] args)
    {
        int arr[] = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9};
        int n = arr.length;
      
        int temp[] = new int[2*n];
        preprocess(arr, n, temp);
      
        int k = 2;
        leftRotate(arr, n, k, temp);
      
        k = 3;
        leftRotate(arr, n, k, temp);
      
        k = 4;
        leftRotate(arr, n, k, temp);
    }
}
/*This code is contributed by Prakriti Gupta*/

Python3

# Python3 implementation of left rotation
# of an array K number of times
 
# Fills temp with two copies of arr
def preprocess(arr, n):
    temp = [None] * (2 * n)
     
    # Store arr elements at i and i + n
    for i in range(n):
        temp[i] = temp[i + n] = arr[i]
    return temp
 
# Function to left rotate an array k times
def leftRotate(arr, n, k, temp):
     
    # Starting position of array after k
    # rotations in temp will be k % n
    start = k % n
     
    # Print array after k rotations
    for i in range(start, start + n):
        print(temp[i], end = " ")
    print("")
 
# Driver program
arr = [1, 3, 5, 7, 9]
n = len(arr)
temp = preprocess(arr, n)
 
k = 2
leftRotate(arr, n, k, temp)
       
k = 3
leftRotate(arr, n, k, temp)
       
k = 4
leftRotate(arr, n, k, temp)
 
# This code is contributed by Sanghamitra Mishra 

C#

// C# implementation of left rotation of
// an array K number of times
using System;
class LeftRotate
{
    // Fills temp[] with two copies of arr[]
    static void preprocess(int []arr, int n,
                                int[] temp)
    {
        // Store arr[] elements at i and i + n
        for (int i = 0; i<n; i++)
            temp[i] = temp[i + n] = arr[i];
    }
 
    // Function to left rotate an array k time
    static void leftRotate(int []arr, int n, int k,
                                    int []temp)
    {
        // Starting position of array after k
        // rotations in temp[] will be k % n
        int start = k % n;
     
        // Print array after k rotations
        for (int i = start; i < start + n; i++)
        Console.Write(temp[i] + " ");
        Console.WriteLine();
    }
 
    // Driver program
    public static void Main ()
    {
        int []arr = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9};
        int n = arr.Length;
     
        int []temp = new int[2*n];
        preprocess(arr, n, temp);
     
        int k = 2;
        leftRotate(arr, n, k, temp);
     
        k = 3;
        leftRotate(arr, n, k, temp);
     
        k = 4;
        leftRotate(arr, n, k, temp);
    }
}
//This code is contributed by vt_m.

PHP

<?php 
// PHP implementation of 
// left rotation of an 
// array K number of times
 
// Fills $temp with
// two copies of $arr
function preprocess(&$arr, $n, 
                    &$temp)
{
    // Store $arr elements
    // at i and i + n
    for ($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++)
        $temp[$i] = $temp[$i + $n] = $arr[$i];
}
 
// Function to left rotate
// an array k times
function leftRotate(&$arr, $n,
                     $k, &$temp)
{
    // Starting position of 
    // array after k rotations
    // in temp[] will be k % n
    $start = $k % $n;
 
    // Print array after
    // k rotations
    for ($i = $start; 
         $i < $start + $n; $i++)
        echo $temp[$i] . " ";
 
    echo "\n";
}
 
// Driver Code
$arr = array(1, 3, 5, 7, 9);
$n = sizeof($arr);
 
$temp[2 * $n] = array();
preprocess($arr, $n, $temp);
 
$k = 2;
leftRotate($arr, $n, $k, $temp);
 
$k = 3;
leftRotate($arr, $n, $k, $temp);
 
$k = 4;
leftRotate($arr, $n, $k, $temp);
 
// This code is contributed
// by ChitraNayal
?>

Javascript

<script>
 
// Javascript implementation of left rotation of
// an array K number of times
 
    // Fills temp with two copies of arr
    function preprocess(arr , n , temp) {
        // Store arr elements at i and i + n
        for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
            temp[i] = temp[i + n] = arr[i];
    }
 
    // Function to left rotate an array k time
    function leftRotate(arr , n , k , temp) {
        // Starting position of array after k
        // rotations in temp will be k % n
        var start = k % n;
 
        // Print array after k rotations
        for (i = start; i < start + n; i++)
            document.write(temp[i] + " ");
 
        document.write("<br/>");
    }
 
    // Driver program
     
        var arr = [ 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 ];
        var n = arr.length;
 
        var temp = Array(2 * n).fill(0);
        preprocess(arr, n, temp);
 
        var k = 2;
        leftRotate(arr, n, k, temp);
 
        k = 3;
        leftRotate(arr, n, k, temp);
 
        k = 4;
        leftRotate(arr, n, k, temp);
 
// This code contributed by gauravrajput1 
 
</script>

Output:

5 7 9 1 3 
7 9 1 3 5 
9 1 3 5 7

Note that the task to find starting address of rotation takes O(1) time. It is printing the elements that take O(n) time.
Space optimized Approach: The above method takes extra space. Below given is a space-optimized solution. Thanks to frenzy77 for suggesting this approach.

C++

// CPP implementation of left rotation of
// an array K number of times
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to left rotate an array k times
void leftRotate(int arr[], int n, int k)
{
    // Print array after k rotations
    for (int i = k; i < k + n; i++)
        cout << arr[i%n] << " ";
}
 
// Driver program
int main()
{
    int arr[] = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9};
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
 
    int k = 2;
    leftRotate(arr, n, k);
    cout << endl;
 
    k = 3;
    leftRotate(arr, n, k);
    cout << endl;
 
    k = 4;
    leftRotate(arr, n, k);
    cout << endl;
 
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java implementation of 
// left rotation of an 
// array K number of times
 
import java.io.*;
 
class GFG
{
 
// Function to left rotate
// an array k times
static void leftRotate(int arr[], 
                       int n, int k)
{
    // Print array after
    // k rotations
    for (int i = k; i < k + n; i++)
        System.out.print(arr[i % n] + " ");
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void main (String[] args)
{
    int arr[] = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9};
    int n = arr.length;
     
    int k = 2;
    leftRotate(arr, n, k);
    System.out.println();
     
    k = 3;
    leftRotate(arr, n, k);
    System.out.println();
     
    k = 4;
    leftRotate(arr, n, k);
    System.out.println(); 
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by ajit

Python 3

# Python3 implementation of 
# left rotation of an array 
# K number of times 
 
# Function to left rotate
# an array k times
def leftRotate(arr, n, k):
     
    # Print array 
    # after k rotations
    for i in range(k, k + n):
        print(str(arr[i % n]), 
                   end = " ")
 
# Driver Code
arr = [1, 3, 5, 7, 9]
n = len(arr)
k = 2;
leftRotate(arr, n, k)
print()
 
k = 3;
leftRotate(arr, n, k)
print()
 
k = 4
leftRotate(arr, n, k)
print()
 
# This code is contributed 
# by ChitraNayal

C#

// C# implementation of 
// left rotation of an 
// array K number of times
using System;
 
class GFG
{
 
// Function to left rotate
// an array k times
static void leftRotate(int []arr, 
                       int n, int k)
{
    // Print array after
    // k rotations
    for (int i = k; i < k + n; i++)
        Console.Write(arr[i % n] + " ");
}
 
// Driver Code
static public void Main ()
{
int []arr = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9};
int n = arr.Length;
 
int k = 2;
leftRotate(arr, n, k);
Console.WriteLine();
 
k = 3;
leftRotate(arr, n, k);
Console.WriteLine();
 
k = 4;
leftRotate(arr, n, k);
Console.WriteLine(); 
}
}
 
// This code is contributed 
// by akt_mit

PHP

<?php
 
// PHP implementation of left rotation of
// an array K number of times
 
// Function to left rotate an array k times
function leftRotate($arr, $n, $k)
{
     
    // Print array after k rotations
    for ($i = $k; $i < $k + $n; $i++)
        echo $arr[$i % $n] ," ";
}
 
// Driver program
$arr = array (1, 3, 5, 7, 9);
$n = sizeof($arr);
 
$k = 2;
leftRotate($arr, $n, $k);
echo "\n";
 
$k = 3;
leftRotate($arr, $n, $k);
echo "\n";
 
$k = 4;
leftRotate($arr, $n, $k);
echo "\n";
 
// This code is contributed by aj_36
?>

Javascript

<script>
 
// JavaScript implementation of 
// left rotation of an 
// array K number of times
 
 
// Function to left rotate
// an array k times
function leftRotate(arr, n, k)
{
    // Print array after
    // k rotations
    for (let i = k; i < k + n; i++)
        document.write(arr[i % n] + " ");
}
 
// Driver Code
 
let arr = [1, 3, 5, 7, 9];
n = arr.length;
 
k = 2;
leftRotate(arr, n, k);
document.write("<br>");
 
k = 3;
leftRotate(arr, n, k);
document.write("<br>");
 
k = 4;
leftRotate(arr, n, k);
document.write("<br>");
 
 
 
</script>

Output:

5 7 9 1 3 
7 9 1 3 5 
9 1 3 5 7

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