Java, recursively reverse an array

Question

I haven\'t found anything with the specific needs of my function to do this, yes, it is for homework.

So I have:

public void reverseArray(int[] x) {
         


        

Answer 1

psuedo code

function revarray(a[1...n])
  if a.length == 1 or a.length == 0
    do nothing 
  # return a
  else
     swap a[1] and a[n]
     revarray(a[2...n-1])
  # return a (The function will not return anything but the contents of a are changed)

Answer 2

//We are just doing an operation here and calling a helper method.

public void reverseArray(int[] nums){
  int[] hold = new int[nums.length]; //just so it will take this argument
  int[] reversed = recurReverseArray(nums, hold, nums.length - 1, 0);
  nums = reversed; //not returning just changing nums to be reversed.
}
public int[] recurReverseArray(int[] nums, int[] reverse, int end, int start){
  if(end == 0 && start == nums.length - 1){
  reverse[start] = nums[end];
  return reverse; //the way out.
  }
  reverse[start] = nums[end];
  return recurReverseArray(nums, reverse, end - 1, start + 1);
}

Answer 3

Try something as below:

public void reverseArray(int[] x) {
    if(x.length ==2){
      //if two elements, swap them
      int first = x[0];
      x[0] = x[1];
      x[1] = first;
    }else if(x.length > 2){
      //swap first and last
      int first = x[0];
      x[0]= x[x.length-1];
      x[x.length-1] = first;
      //create a copy of middle elements
      int [] copy = new int[x.length-2];
      System.arraycopy( x, 1, copy, 0, x.length-2);
      //recursive call for middle elements
      reverseArray(copy);
      //place the reversed elements back in the original array
      System.arraycopy( copy, 0, x, 1, copy.length);
    }
}

Answer 4

Since there's been no statement that loops cannot be used:

void reverseArray(int[] x) {
    if (x != null) {
        for (int i = 0; i < length.x / 2; i++) {
            int j = (length.x - 1) - i;
            int temp = x[i];
            x[i] = x[j];
            x[j] = temp;
         }
         reverseArray(null);
     }
}

Probably the fastest of the lot.

Answer 5

public class RecursiveArray {


   public static int[] backWardArray(int[] arr, int start, int end) {

       if (start < end) {
           int temp = arr[start];
           arr[start] = arr[end];
           arr[end] = temp;
           backWardArray(arr, start + 1, end - 1);
       }
       return arr;
   }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int [] arr = {12,4,6,8,9,2,1,0};
    int [] reversedArray= backWardArray(arr, 0, arr.length-1);
    //loop through the reversed array
        for (int i: reversedArray) {
            System.out.println(i);
        }
    }

    public RecursiveArray() {
    }
}

Answer 6

void reverseArray(int[] x){
   reverse(x, 0, x.length -1);
}

void reverse(int[] x, int i, int j){
    if(i<j){//Swap
       int tmp = x[i];
       x[i] = x[j];
       x[j] = tmp;
       reverse(x, ++i, --j);//Recursive
    }   
}

Test:

int[] s = new int[]{1,2,3,4,5};
reverseArray(s);
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(s));//"5,4,3,2,1"

Recursive, O(n), no temporary Array needed.