Divide and Conquer: array in the reverse order

Hi!

I'm having a problem with a divide and conquer algorithm. The function dac must return an array in the reverse order. What the function does is splitting the array, and make two recursive calls. We supose the problem known for each of the two halfs, and then, we combine the solution depending on if the array is even or odd.
Well, a classic divide and conquer problem.

I'll put the code here. It compiles correctly, but it doesn't work. (1,2,3,4,5,6) array, in the reverse order, according to the executable file is: (6,0,4,3,2,1). :mad:

I'd be grateful if someone helped. Thanks.

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>


void daq (int *v, int begin, int end);

int main()
{
        int i,k;    //iterators
        int *v=(int*)malloc(6*sizeof(int));
        //int v[6];
        for (i=0; i<7; i++)
        {
        printf(" v[%d]: ", i);
        scanf("%d", &v[i]);
        }
        printf("\nThe array is:\n");
        for (k=0; k<7; k++)
        {
        printf("v[%d]= %d ", k, v[k]);
        }
        printf("\n");
        dac(v,0,6);  //first call
        printf("The array, in the reverse order, is:\n");
        for (k=0; k<7; k++)
        {
        printf("v[%d]= %d ", k, v[k]);
        }
        printf("\n");
    free(v);
        return 0;
}


void dac (int *v, int beg, int enn)
{

        //base: size==1
        if (fin==ini);  //don't do anything


        else
        {
        int mid=(beg+end)/2;
        int j;
        dac(v, beg, mid);
        dac(v, mid+1, end);
        if (mid%2==0)  //size is even
        {
        int g=0;
        for (j=beg; j<=mid; j++,g++)
        {
                int aux=v[j];
                v[j]=v[g+mid+1];
                v[g+mid+1]=aux;
        }
        }

        else {    //odd
          int h,aux2,g;
          g=1;
          for (h=beg+1; h<=mid; h++,g++)
          {
          aux2=v[h];
          v[h]=v[mid+g];
          v[mid+g]=aux2;
          }
          int z;
          for (z=beg; z<mid; z++)
          {
          int aux3;
          aux3=v[z];
          v[z]=v[z+1];
          v[z+1]=aux3;
          }
        }
        }

}

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I've just realized I made a mistake: line 4, wrote "daq" instead of "dac" (divide and conquer) ;)

... and line 34, enn instead of end

do you have to call a recursion? Why are you using malloc instead of int v[6];?? where is fin and ini. You also have 2 elses you should use if else. You are also declaring variables in the middle of your program they should all be at the beginning of your function. Besides that I can't really help you with the recursion part I would have to write it myself. They way you did it hurts my head:D Someone better will figure out what is wrong with it

Yes, I forgot to "translate" some names of variables from Spanish to English (my "find and replace" didn't work :confused: ).

I am not very good at C, I prefer C++, and I didn't know I had to declare all the variables at the beginning of the function.

And I TOTALLY AGREE that it hurts any head:)

I found my mistake. I don't know what the heck I was thinking about, but I used the variable mid to chek if the size was odd or even, which does not make any sense at all.

I declared a new variable int size=end-beg+1 to check that, and it's done.

Btw, I don't know why, but Dev compiler obliges you to declare all the variables at the begining of the function, while a gcc compiler on a unix system lets me declare them at any point.

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Originally posted by Steamer

Btw, I don't know why, but Dev compiler obliges you to declare all the variables at the begining of the function, while a gcc compiler on a unix system lets me declare them at any point.

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In pure 'C' you have to declare variables in the beginning of a function, but if you use using g++ on a unix system then you are actually calling the c++ compiler and not the C compiler and thus you can declare variables when you need them in the function. (to put it in simple very terms)

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Btw, I don't know why, but Dev compiler obliges you to declare all the variables at the begining of the function, while a gcc compiler on a unix system lets me declare them at any point.

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is this correct?
since ansi C99 standard initializations after expressions are allowed! c89 didn't do that? correct?

bye
wudmx

> since ansi C99 standard initializations after expressions are allowed! c89 didn't do that? correct?
Yes.

So you can declare variables anywhere in a function ?

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Originally posted by gautamn
So you can declare variables anywhere in a function ?

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yes, if you don't use it before the declaration!

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Originally posted by wudmx
yes, if you don't use it before the declaration!

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I'm not sure your meaning. Naturally you have to declare a variable before you can use it. However, you may be referring to variable names. In which case, this is legal:

Code:

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{
    int foo = 1;
    {
        int foo = 2;
        {
            int foo = 3;
            printf("foo is %d\n", foo );
        }
        printf("foo is %d\n", foo );
    }
    printf("foo is %d\n", foo );
}

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Quzah.

My question was more towards this type of declaration.

Code:

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int func()
{
    int a, b, c, d;
   
    // do something
    a = 5;
    d = 10;

    int e = d;
}

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