C# Program for Median of two sorted arrays of same size - GeeksforGeeks

11 Dec, 2018
There are 2 sorted arrays A and B of size n each. Write an algorithm to find the median of the array obtained merging the above 2 arrays(i.e. array of length 2n). The complexity should be O(log(n)).
Note : Since size of the set for which we are looking for median is even (2n), we need take average of middle two numbers and return floor of the average.
Method 1 (Simply count while Merging)Use merge procedure of merge sort. Keep track of count while comparing elements of two arrays. If count becomes n(For 2n elements), we have reached the median. Take the average of the elements at indexes n-1 and n in the merged array. See the below implementation.
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// A Simple Merge based O(n) solution// to find median of two sorted arraysusing System;class GFG {    // function to calculate median    static int getMedian(int[] ar1,                         int[] ar2,                         int n)    {        int i = 0;        int j = 0;        int count;        int m1 = -1, m2 = -1;          // Since there are 2n elements,        // median will be average of        // elements at index n-1 and n in        // the array obtained after        // merging ar1 and ar2        for (count = 0; count <= n; count++) {            // Below is to handle case            // where all elements of ar1[]            // are smaller than smallest            // (or first) element of ar2[]            if (i == n) {                m1 = m2;                m2 = ar2[0];                break;            }              /* Below is to handle case where all             elements of ar2[] are smaller than             smallest(or first) element of ar1[] */            else if (j == n) {                m1 = m2;                m2 = ar1[0];                break;            }              if (ar1[i] < ar2[j]) {                // Store the prev median                m1 = m2;                m2 = ar1[i];                i++;            }            else {                // Store the prev median                m1 = m2;                m2 = ar2[j];                j++;            }        }          return (m1 + m2) / 2;    }      // Driver Code    public static void Main()    {        int[] ar1 = { 1, 12, 15, 26, 38 };        int[] ar2 = { 2, 13, 17, 30, 45 };          int n1 = ar1.Length;        int n2 = ar2.Length;        if (n1 == n2)            Console.Write("Median is " + getMedian(ar1, ar2, n1));        else            Console.Write("arrays are of unequal size");    }}
Median is 16

Method 2 (By comparing the medians of two arrays): This method works by first getting medians of the two sorted arrays and then comparing them.
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