Program to cyclically rotate an array by one

Last Updated : 11 Sep, 2023

Given an array, the task is to cyclically rotate the array clockwise by one time.

Examples:

Input: arr[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
Output: arr[] = {5, 1, 2, 3, 4}

Input: arr[] = {2, 3, 4, 5, 1}
Output: {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

Approach 1: To solve the problem follow the below idea:

Assign every element with its previous element and first element with the last element .

Illustrations:

Consider an array: arr[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

Initialize last element in variable ‘last_el’ that is 5

Then, iterate from n-1 to 1 and assign arr[i] = arr[i-1]

arr[4] = arr[3]

arr[ ] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 4}

arr[3] = arr[2]

arr[ ] = {1, 2, 3, 3, 4}

arr[2] = arr[1]

arr[ ] = {1, 2, 2, 3, 4}

arr[1] = arr[0]

arr[ ] = {1, 1, 2, 3, 4}

Assign arr[0] = last_el

arr[0] = 5

arr[ ] = {5, 1, 2, 3, 4}

Thus the required array will be {5, 1, 2, 3, 4}

Follow the steps to solve the problem:

Store the last element in any temp variable
Shift every element one position ahead
Assign first value = last value (stored in temp variable).

Below is the implementation for the above approach:

C++14

// C++ code for program
// to cyclically rotate
// an array by one
 
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
 
void rotate(int arr[], int n)
{
 
    // store the last element in a variable
    int last_el = arr[n - 1];
 
    // assign every value by its predecessor
    for (int i = n - 1; i > 0; i--) {
        arr[i] = arr[i - 1];
    }
 
    // first element will be assigned by last element
    arr[0] = last_el;
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int arr[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
 
    // Printing initial array
    cout << "Given array is \n";
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        cout << arr[i] << ' ';
 
    // Calling rotate function
    rotate(arr, n);
 
    // Printing rotated array
    cout << "\nRotated array is\n";
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        cout << arr[i] << ' ';
 
    return 0;
}
 
// This code is contributed by jit_t

C

// C code for program
// to cyclically rotate
// an array by one
 
#include <stdio.h>
 
void rotate(int arr[], int n)
{
    // store the last element in a variable
    int last_el = arr[n - 1];
    for (int i = n - 1; i > 0; i--)
        arr[i] = arr[i - 1];
    // assign the last element to first element
    arr[0] = last_el;
}
 
int main()
{
    int arr[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }, i;
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
 
    printf("Given array is\n");
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
        printf("%d ", arr[i]);
 
    // Function Call
    rotate(arr, n);
 
    printf("\nRotated array is\n");
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
        printf("%d ", arr[i]);
 
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java code for program
// to cyclically rotate
// an array by one
 
import java.util.Arrays;
 
public class Test {
    static int arr[] = new int[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
 
    // Method for rotation
    static void rotate()
    {
        int last_el = arr[arr.length - 1], i;
        for (i = arr.length - 1; i > 0; i--)
            arr[i] = arr[i - 1];
        arr[0] = last_el;
    }
 
    /* Driver program */
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        System.out.println("Given Array is");
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(arr));
 
        // Function Call
        rotate();
 
        System.out.println("Rotated Array is");
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(arr));
    }
}

Python3

# Python3 code for program to
# cyclically rotate an array by one
 
# Method for rotation
 
 
def rotate(arr, n):
    last_el = arr[n - 1]
 
    for i in range(n - 1, 0, -1):
        arr[i] = arr[i - 1]
 
    arr[0] = last_el
 
 
# Driver function
arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
n = len(arr)
print("Given array is")
for i in range(0, n):
    print(arr[i], end=' ')
 
rotate(arr, n)
 
print("\nRotated array is")
for i in range(0, n):
    print(arr[i], end=' ')
 
# This article is contributed
# by saloni1297

C#

// C# code for program to cyclically
// rotate an array by one
using System;
 
public class Test {
    static int[] arr = new int[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
 
    // Method for rotation
    static void rotate()
    {
        int last_el = arr[arr.Length - 1], i;
 
        for (i = arr.Length - 1; i > 0; i--)
            arr[i] = arr[i - 1];
 
        arr[0] = last_el;
    }
 
    // Driver Code
    public static void Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Given Array is");
        string Original_array = string.Join(" ", arr);
        Console.WriteLine(Original_array);
 
        // Function Call
        rotate();
 
        Console.WriteLine("Rotated Array is");
        string Rotated_array = string.Join(" ", arr);
        Console.WriteLine(Rotated_array);
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by vt_m.

Javascript

<script>
 
// JavaScript code for program 
// to cyclically rotate
// an array by one
function rotate(arr, n)
{
  var last_el = arr[n-1], i;
  for(i = n-1; i > 0; i--)
      arr[i] = arr[i-1];
  arr[0] = last_el;    
}
 
var arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
var n = arr.length;
 
document.write("Given array is <br>");
for(var i = 0; i< n; i++)
    document.write(arr[i] + " ");
     
rotate(arr, n);
 
document.write("<br>Rotated array is <br>");
for(var i = 0; i < n; i++)
    document.write(arr[i] + " ");
     
</script>

PHP

<?php
// PHP code for program 
// to cyclically rotate
// an array by one
 
function rotate(&$arr, $n)
{
    $last_el = $arr[$n - 1];
    for ($i = $n - 1;
         $i > 0; $i--)
    $arr[$i] = $arr[$i - 1]; 
    $arr[0] = $last_el;
}
 
// Driver code
$arr = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
$n = sizeof($arr);
 
echo "Given array is \n";
for ($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++)
    echo $arr[$i] . " ";
 
rotate($arr, $n);
 
echo "\nRotated array is\n";
for ($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++)
    echo $arr[$i] . " ";
 
// This code is contributed
// by ChitraNayal
?>

Output

Given array is 
1 2 3 4 5 
Rotated array is
5 1 2 3 4

Time Complexity: O(n), as we need to iterate through all the elements. Where n is the number of elements in the array.
Auxiliary Space: O(1), as we are using constant space.

Approach 2: To solve the problem follow the below idea:

We can use two pointers, As we know in cyclic rotation we will bring last element to first and shift rest in forward direction, we can do this by swapping every element with last element till we get to the last point.

Follow the steps to solve the problem:

Take two pointers i and j which point to first and last element of array respectively.
Start swapping arr[i] and arr[j] and keep j fixed and i moving towards j.
Repeat above step till i is not equal to j.

Below is the implementation for the above idea:

C++14

// C++ code for the above approach:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
 
void rotate(int arr[], int n)
{
 
    // i and j pointing to first and last
    // element respectively
    int i = 0, j = n - 1;
    while (i != j) {
        swap(arr[i], arr[j]);
        i++;
    }
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int arr[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }, i;
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
 
    // Function Call
    cout << "Given array is \n";
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
        cout << arr[i] << " ";
 
    rotate(arr, n);
 
    cout << "\nRotated array is\n";
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
        cout << arr[i] << " ";
 
    return 0;
}

C

#include <stdio.h>
 
void swap(int* x, int* y)
{
    int temp = *x;
    *x = *y;
    *y = temp;
}
void rotate(int arr[], int n)
{
    int i = 0, j = n - 1;
    while (i != j) {
        swap(&arr[i], &arr[j]);
        i++;
    }
}
 
int main()
{
    int arr[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }, i;
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
 
    printf("Given array is\n");
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
        printf("%d ", arr[i]);
 
    rotate(arr, n);
 
    printf("\nRotated array is\n");
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
        printf("%d ", arr[i]);
 
    return 0;
}

Java

import java.util.Arrays;
 
public class Test {
    static int arr[] = new int[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
 
    static void rotate()
    {
        int i = 0, j = arr.length - 1;
        while (i != j) {
            int temp = arr[i];
            arr[i] = arr[j];
            arr[j] = temp;
            i++;
        }
    }
 
    /* Driver program */
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        System.out.println("Given Array is");
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(arr));
 
        rotate();
 
        System.out.println("Rotated Array is");
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(arr));
    }
}

Python3

def rotate(arr, n):
    i = 0
    j = n - 1
    while i != j:
      arr[i], arr[j] = arr[j], arr[i]
      i = i + 1
    pass
 
 
# Driver function
arr= [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
n = len(arr)
print ("Given array is")
for i in range(0, n):
    print (arr[i], end = ' ')
 
rotate(arr, n)
 
print ("\nRotated array is")
for i in range(0, n):
    print (arr[i], end = ' ')

C#

// C# code for program to cyclically
// rotate an array by one
using System;
 
class GFG {
 
    static int[] arr = new int[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
 
    // Method for rotation
    static void rotate()
    {
        int n = arr[arr.Length - 1];
 
        // i and j pointing to first and
        // last element respectively
        int i = 0, j = n - 1;
        while (i != j) {
            {
                int temp = arr[i];
                arr[i] = arr[j];
                arr[j] = temp;
            }
            i++;
        }
    }
 
    // Driver Code
    public static void Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Given Array is");
        string Original_array = string.Join(" ", arr);
        Console.WriteLine(Original_array);
 
        rotate();
 
        Console.WriteLine("Rotated Array is");
        string Rotated_array = string.Join(" ", arr);
        Console.WriteLine(Rotated_array);
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by annianni

Javascript

<script>
// JavaScript code for program
// to cyclically rotate
// an array by one using pointers i,j
 
function rotate(arr, n){
    var i = 0
    var j = n-1
    while(i != j){
        let temp;
 
        temp = arr[i];
        arr[i] = arr[j];
        arr[j]= temp;
        i =i+1
    }
}
 
var arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
var n = arr.length;
 
document.write("Given array is <br>");
for(var i = 0; i< n; i++)
    document.write(arr[i] + " ");
     
rotate(arr, n);
 
document.write("<br>Rotated array is <br>");
for(var i = 0; i < n; i++)
    document.write(arr[i] + " ");
</script>

Output

Given array is 
1 2 3 4 5 
Rotated array is
5 1 2 3 4

Time Complexity: O(n), as we need to iterate through all the elements. Where n is the number of elements in the array.
Auxiliary Space: O(1), as we are using constant space.

Approach 3: To solve the problem follow the below idea:

We can use Reversal Algorithm also , reverse first n-1 elements and then whole array which will result into one right rotation.

Follow the steps to solve the problem:

Reverse the array two times.
First time we will reverse the first n-1(n=size of array) elements.
Finally, we will get our rotated array by reversing the entire array.

Below is the implementation for the above idea:

C++14

// C++ program to cyclically rotate an array by one
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
 
void rotate(int arr[], int n, int k)
{
    // Reverse the first n-1 terms
    int i, j;
    for (i = 0, j = n - k - 1; i < j; i++, j--) {
        int temp = arr[i];
        arr[i] = arr[j];
        arr[j] = temp;
    }
    // Reverse the entire array
    for (i = 0, j = n - 1; i < j; i++, j--) {
        int temp = arr[i];
        arr[i] = arr[j];
        arr[j] = temp;
    }
}
 
int main()
{
    int arr[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
    int k = 1; // No. of rotations
    int i, j;
 
    cout << "Given array is \n";
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
        cout << arr[i] << " ";
 
    rotate(arr, n, k);
 
    cout << "\nRotated array is\n";
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
        cout << arr[i] << " ";
 
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java program to cyclically rotate an array by one
import java.util.*;
 
class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        int[] arr = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
        int n = arr.length;
        int k = 1; // No. of rotations
        int i, j;
        System.out.println("Given array is ");
        for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
            System.out.print(arr[i] + " ");
 
        // Reverse the first n-1 terms
        for (i = 0, j = n - k - 1; i < j; i++, j--) {
            int temp = arr[i];
            arr[i] = arr[j];
            arr[j] = temp;
        }
 
        // Reverse the entire array
        for (i = 0, j = n - 1; i < j; i++, j--) {
            int temp = arr[i];
            arr[i] = arr[j];
            arr[j] = temp;
        }
 
        System.out.println("\nRotated array is");
        for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
            System.out.print(arr[i] + " ");
    }
}

Python3

arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
n = len(arr)
k = 1  # No. of rotations
i, j = 0, 0
 
print("Given array is")
for i in range(n):
    print(arr[i], end=" ")
 
# Reverse the first n-1 terms
for i, j in zip(range(0, (n-k)//2), range(n-k-1, (n-k)//2-1, -1)):
    temp = arr[i]
    arr[i] = arr[j]
    arr[j] = temp
 
# Reverse the entire array
for i, j in zip(range(0, n//2), range(n-1, n//2-1, -1)):
    temp = arr[i]
    arr[i] = arr[j]
    arr[j] = temp
 
print("\nRotated array is")
for i in range(n):
    print(arr[i], end=" ")

C#

using System;
 
class Program {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        int[] arr = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
        int n = arr.Length;
        int k = 1; // No. of rotations
        int i, j;
 
        Console.WriteLine("Given array is:");
        for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
            Console.Write(arr[i] + " ");
 
        // Reverse the first n-1 terms
        for (i = 0, j = n - k - 1; i < j; i++, j--) {
            int temp = arr[i];
            arr[i] = arr[j];
            arr[j] = temp;
        }
 
        // Reverse the entire array
        for (i = 0, j = n - 1; i < j; i++, j--) {
            int temp = arr[i];
            arr[i] = arr[j];
            arr[j] = temp;
        }
 
        Console.WriteLine("\nRotated array is:");
        for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
            Console.Write(arr[i] + " ");
 
        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}
// This code is contributed by Prajwal Kandekar

Javascript

let arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
let n = arr.length;
let k = 1; // No. of rotations
let i, j;
 
console.log("Given array is");
for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    process.stdout.write(arr[i] + " ");
}
 
// Reverse the first n-1 terms
for (i = 0, j = n - k - 1; i < j; i++, j--) {
    let temp = arr[i];
    arr[i] = arr[j];
    arr[j] = temp;
}
// Reverse the entire array
for (i = 0, j = n - 1; i < j; i++, j--) {
    let temp = arr[i];
    arr[i] = arr[j];
    arr[j] = temp;
}
 
console.log("\nRotated array is");
console.log();
for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    process.stdout.write(arr[i] + " ");
}

Output

Given array is 
1 2 3 4 5 
Rotated array is
5 1 2 3 4

Time Complexity: O(n), as we are reversing the array. Where n is the number of elements in the array.
Auxiliary Space: O(1), as we are using constant space.

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