October 13, 2021

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The following code example demonstrates Rotating an Array in C#. In fact, array rotation is a programming exercise that helps you improve programming logic. Moreover, it also requires students to develop critical thinking and to find think about logic to solve a problem in an efficient manner. In other words, the application logic needs to be developed in such a way that requires the least time to execute.

Apart from developing programming logic, we use array rotation in many applications. For instance, we can use it in transformation, image processing, and so on.

Problem Statement

Given an array consisting of numbers, and an integer k, such that 0<=k<=n, where n is the total number of elements in the array. The output should be an array of the same size as the input array with its elements shifted k times to the right end of the array and the last k elements should be placed in the first k positions from the left side.

For example, let array = [7, 9, 1, 2, 8, 5, 3, 12, 6, 19] and k=1, then the output array = [19, 7, 9, 1, 2, 8, 5, 3, 12, 6]

Another example: let our array is the same as given in the previous example, but now k=3. The output array = [12, 6, 19, 7, 9, 1, 2, 8, 5, 3]

Program Code for Rotating an Array in C#

At first, we initialize the array. However, we can also take input from the user. Also, we take the number of rotations as input. After that, the outer for loop iterates for the number of rotations times. In each iteration, we can shift the elements of the array to the next position. Besides, we need to copy the last element of the array at the index 0. Hence, it will complete one rotation. The same process is repeated for the required number of rotations as specified in the outer for loop.

using System;

namespace RotateArray
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            int[] arr = { 2, 1, 7, 9, 12, 5, 18, 20 };
            Console.WriteLine("Original Array...");
            foreach (int i in arr)
                Console.Write(i + " ");
            Console.WriteLine("\nLength of Array: "+arr.Length);
            Console.WriteLine("Enter no. of steps to rotate (Must be <=" + arr.Length + ")");
            int s = Int32.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
            if(s>arr.Length)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Wrong Value!");
                Environment.Exit(0);
            }
            for(int i=0;i<s;i++)
            {
                int t = arr[arr.Length - 1];
                for(int j=arr.Length-2;j>=0;j--)
                {
                    arr[j + 1] = arr[j];
                }
                arr[0] = t;
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Rotated Array...");
            foreach (int i in arr)
                Console.Write(i + " ");
        }
    }
}

**An Example of Rotating an Array in C#**

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