Cartesian Product of Two Sets
Last Updated :
29 Jul, 2024
Let A and B be two sets, Cartesian productA × B is the set of all ordered pair of elements from A and B
A × B = {{x, y} : x ? A, y ? B}
Let A = {a, b, c} and B = {d, e, f}
The Cartesian product of two sets is
A x B = {a, d}, {a, e}, {a, f}, {b, d}, {b, e}, {b, f}, {c, d}, {c, e}, {c, f}}
A has 3 elements and B also has 3 elements. The Cartesian Product has 3 x 3 = 9 elements.
In general, if there are m elements in set A and n elements in B, the number of elements in the Cartesian Product is m x n
Given two finite non-empty sets, write a program to print Cartesian Product.
Examples :
Input : A = {1, 2}, B = {3, 4}
Output : A × B = {{1, 3}, {1, 4}, {2, 3}, {2, 4}}
Input : A = {1, 2, 3} B = {4, 5, 6}
Output : A × B = {{1, 4}, {1, 5}, {1, 6}, {2, 4},
{2, 5}, {2, 6}, {3, 4}, {3, 5}, {3, 6}}
CPP
// C++ Program to find the Cartesian Product of Two Sets
#include <stdio.h>
void findCart(int arr1[], int arr2[], int n, int n1)
{
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
for (int j = 0; j < n1; j++)
printf("{%d, %d}, ", arr1[i], arr2[j]);
}
int main()
{
int arr1[] = { 1, 2, 3 }; // first set
int arr2[] = { 4, 5, 6 }; // second set
int n1 = sizeof(arr1) / sizeof(arr1[0]);
int n2 = sizeof(arr2) / sizeof(arr2[0]);
findCart(arr1, arr2, n1, n2);
return 0;
}
Java
// Java Program to find the
// Cartesian Product of Two Sets
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
class GFG {
static void findCart(int arr1[], int arr2[], int n,
int n1)
{
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
for (int j = 0; j < n1; j++)
System.out.print("{" + arr1[i] + ", "
+ arr2[j] + "}, ");
}
// Driver code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// first set
int arr1[] = { 1, 2, 3 };
// second set
int arr2[] = { 4, 5, 6 };
int n1 = arr1.length;
int n2 = arr2.length;
findCart(arr1, arr2, n1, n2);
}
}
// This code is contributed by Nikita Tiwari.
Python3
# Python3 Program to find the
# Cartesian Product of Two Sets
def findCart(arr1, arr2, n, n1):
for i in range(0, n):
for j in range(0, n1):
print("{", arr1[i], ", ", arr2[j], "}, ", sep="", end="")
# Driver code
arr1 = [1, 2, 3] # first set
arr2 = [4, 5, 6] # second set
n1 = len(arr1) # sizeof(arr1[0])
n2 = len(arr2) # sizeof(arr2[0]);
findCart(arr1, arr2, n1, n2)
# This code is contributed
# by Smitha Dinesh Semwal
C#
// C# Program to find the
// Cartesian Product of Two Sets
using System;
class GFG {
static void findCart(int[] arr1, int[] arr2, int n,
int n1)
{
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
for (int j = 0; j < n1; j++)
Console.Write("{" + arr1[i] + ", " + arr2[j]
+ "}, ");
}
// Driver code
public static void Main()
{
// first set
int[] arr1 = { 1, 2, 3 };
// second set
int[] arr2 = { 4, 5, 6 };
int n1 = arr1.Length;
int n2 = arr2.Length;
findCart(arr1, arr2, n1, n2);
}
}
// This code is contributed by vt_m.
JavaScript
<script>
// JavaScript Program to find the
// Cartesian Product of Two Set
function findCart(arr1, arr2, n, n1)
{
for (let i = 0; i < n; i++)
for (let j = 0; j < n1; j++)
document.write("{"+ arr1[i]+", "
+ arr2[j]+"}, ");
}
// Driver Code
// first set
let arr1 = [ 1, 2, 3 ];
// second set
let arr2 = [4, 5, 6 ];
let n1 = arr1.length;
let n2 = arr2.length;
findCart(arr1, arr2, n1, n2);
// This code is contributed by chinmoy1997pal.
</script>
PHP
<?php
// PHP Program to find the
// Cartesian Product of Two Sets
function findCart($arr1, $arr2, $n, $n1)
{
for ($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++)
for ( $j = 0; $j < $n1; $j++)
echo "{", $arr1[$i] ," , ",
$arr2[$j], "}",",";
}
// Driver Code
// first set
$arr1 = array ( 1, 2, 3 );
// second set
$arr2 = array ( 4, 5, 6 );
$n1 = sizeof($arr1) ;
$n2 = sizeof($arr2);
findCart($arr1, $arr2, $n1, $n2);
// This code is contributed by m_kit.
?>
Output{1, 4}, {1, 5}, {1, 6}, {2, 4}, {2, 5}, {2, 6}, {3, 4}, {3, 5}, {3, 6}, Time complexity: O(M*N) where M and N are size of given sets
Auxiliary space: O(1) because it is using constant space for variables
Practical Examples:
1) A set of playing cards is Cartesian product of a four element set to a set of 13 elements.
2) A two dimensional coordinate system is a Cartesian product of two sets of real numbers.
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_product
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