C++ Program to Count Positive and Negative Numbers in an Array

Given an array arr of integers of the size of N, our task is to find the count of positive numbers and negative numbers in the array.

Examples:

Input: arr[] = [-9,7,-5,3,2]
Output: Positive elements = 3, Negative elements = 2

Input: arr[] = [5,4,-2,-1,-7]
Output: Positive elements = 2, Negative elements = 3

Approach:

Traverse the elements in the array one by one.
Find the element positive or not positive by using the condition element >=0. If the condition is satisfied increase the p_count.
Remove the p_count from the total number of elements to get count negative numbers in the array.
Print the positive and negative numbers count.

Example:

C++

// C++ program to find the count of positive
// and negative integers in an array
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
//function to calculate the positive numbers in an array
int CountPositive(int arr[],int n){
  int p_count = 0;
  for(int i =0;i<n;i++){
    if (arr[i]>=0){
      p_count++;
    }
  }
  return p_count;
}

//Function to print the array
void printArray(int arr[],int n){
  cout<<"Array: ";
  for(int i = 0; i<n; i++){
    cout<<arr[i]<<" ";
  } 
  cout<<"\n";
}

// Driver program
int main()
{
 int arr[] = {-9,7,-5,3,2 };
 int n;
 n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
 
 printArray(arr, n);

 int p_count = CountPositive(arr,n); 
 cout<<"Count of Positive elements = "<<p_count<<", ";
 cout<<"Count of Negative elements = "<<n - p_count;
 
 return 0;
}

Output

Array: -9 7 -5 3 2 
Count of Positive elements = 3, Count of Negative elements = 2

Time complexity: O(n)
Auxiliary space: O(1)

Method: Using Recursion

C++

// C++ program to find the count of positive
// and negative integers in an array
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
//Defining recursive function to calculate no of positive in an array
int CountPositive(int begin,int arr[],int n,int pos_count){
  if (begin==n)  //base condition
  return pos_count;
  if (arr[begin]>=0)  //checking whether no is positive or not
    pos_count++;
  return CountPositive(begin+1,arr,n,pos_count);  //recursive calling
}

//Function to print the array
void printArray(int arr[],int n){
  cout<<"Array: ";
  for(int i = 0; i<n; i++){
    cout<<arr[i]<<" ";
  } 
  cout<<"\n";
}

// Driver program
int main()
{
 int arr[] = {-9,7,-5,3,2 };
 int n;
 n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
 
 printArray(arr, n);

 int p_count = CountPositive(0,arr,n,0);  //calling recursive function
 cout<<"Count of Positive elements = "<<p_count<<", ";
 cout<<"Count of Negative elements = "<<n - p_count;
 
 return 0;
}

Output

Array: -9 7 -5 3 2 
Count of Positive elements = 3, Count of Negative elements = 2

Time complexity: O(n)
Auxiliary space: O(n)

Another approach using C++ Standard Template Library (STL) and 'count_if()'function:

C++

#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>

using namespace std;

int main() {
  int arr[] = {-9,7,-5,3,2};
  int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
  cout<<"Array: ";
  for(int i = 0; i<n; i++){
    cout<<arr[i]<<" ";
  }
  cout<<"\n";
 
  // use count_if function to count positive and negative numbers
  int pos_count = count_if(arr, arr + n, [](int x) { return x >= 0; });
  int neg_count = count_if(arr, arr + n, [](int x) { return x < 0; });

  // print the counts
  cout << "Count of Positive elements ="<< pos_count<<", ";
  cout << "Count of Negative elements = " << neg_count;

  return 0;
}

Output

Array: -9 7 -5 3 2 
Count of Positive elements =3, Count of Negative elements = 2

Time complexity: O(n)
Auxiliary space: O(n)

Another Efficient Approach ( Using binary search ) :

If the array is not sorted , then first sort the array.
Using Binary Search to get the last index of negative number in the sorted array.
Initialize index as last index of negative number to -1 in array because ,if there is no negative number in the array , then it will return -1 as last index of negative number.
Count of negative numbers will be ' index +1 ' because we are using 0-based indexing
Count of positive numbers will be 'count of total numbers - count of negative numbers in the array .
Print final answer .

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++

// C++ implementation of the above approach

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

// Function to find last index of negative number
// in the sorted array
int BinarySearch(int *arr, int n)
{   
    int l = 0, r = n-1, index = -1;// Initialize index as -1 initially
    while(l <= r)
    {   
        int mid = (l + r) / 2;
       
        // if arr[mid] is negative , then we will not search 
        // in the range [l,mid-1] because last index of negative
        //number will be in the range [mid,r] in the sorted array
        if(arr[mid]<0)
        {
            l = mid + 1;
            index=mid;// updating rightmost index of 
            // negative number every time in the sorted array
        }
        else
          {  
              r = mid - 1;
          }
    }
  
    // return last index of negative number
    return index;
}
// Function to print array elements
void printArray(int *arr,int n)
{
  cout<<"Array: ";
  for(int i = 0; i<n; i++)
  {
    cout<<arr[i]<<" ";
  } 
  cout<<endl;
}

// Drive Code
int main()
{   
    int arr[] = {-9,7,-5,3,2 };
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
    printArray(arr, n);
  
    //sorting array for binary search
    sort(arr,arr+n);
  
    int neg_count = BinarySearch(arr, n)+1;
    int pos_count = n - neg_count;
  
    // print the counts
    cout << "Count of Positive elements = "<< pos_count<<", ";
    cout << "Count of Negative elements = " << neg_count<<endl;
    
    return 0;
}

// This code is contributed by nikhilsainiofficial546

Output

Array: -9 7 -5 3 2 
Count of Positive elements = 3, Count of Negative elements = 2

Time complexity: O(n*log₂n)
Auxiliary space: O(1)

C++ Program to Count Positive and Negative Numbers in an Array

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