From 94cb56b13469c5c35e0fb8e05b0f3056a1718843 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abhishekgupta204 <116148980+Abhishekgupta204@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 20:15:07 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Added majority element in c++

---
 DSA 450/Arrays/Majority_element.cpp | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 DSA 450/Arrays/Majority_element.cpp

diff --git a/DSA 450/Arrays/Majority_element.cpp b/DSA 450/Arrays/Majority_element.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf8d7ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DSA 450/Arrays/Majority_element.cpp	
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// C++ Program for finding out
+// majority element in an array 
+#include <bits/stdc++.h>
+using namespace std;
+
+/* Function to find the candidate for Majority */
+int findCandidate(int a[], int size)
+{
+	int maj_index = 0, count = 1;
+	for (int i = 1; i < size; i++) {
+		if (a[maj_index] == a[i])
+			count++;
+		else
+			count--;
+		if (count == 0) {
+			maj_index = i;
+			count = 1;
+		}
+	}
+	return a[maj_index];
+}
+
+/* Function to check if the candidate
+occurs more than n/2 times */
+bool isMajority(int a[], int size, int cand)
+{
+	int count = 0;
+	for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
+
+		if (a[i] == cand)
+			count++;
+
+	if (count > size / 2)
+		return 1;
+
+	else
+		return 0;
+}
+
+/* Function to print Majority Element */
+void printMajority(int a[], int size)
+{
+	/* Find the candidate for Majority*/
+	int cand = findCandidate(a, size);
+
+	/* Print the candidate if it is Majority*/
+	if (isMajority(a, size, cand))
+		cout << " " << cand << " ";
+
+	else
+		cout << "No Majority Element";
+}
+
+/* Driver code */
+int main()
+{
+	int a[] = { 1, 3, 3, 1, 2 };
+	int size = (sizeof(a)) / sizeof(a[0]);
+
+	// Function calling
+	printMajority(a, size);
+
+	return 0;
+}