Minimum cost to make even Array

Last Updated : 06 Apr, 2023

Given an input array, the task is to convert the given array into an ‘even array’. An even array is an array where every number is an even number. For making an array even you can do these two operations:

If the current number is odd, then calculate the price to make the number even. For making a number even, you can swap adjacent positions with one position as even and another as odd.
Cost = the total number of swaps made.
If you want to delete the current element from the array then the cost will be 5.

Examples:

Input: {1243, 267, 2315}
Output: 5
Explanation: For making 1243 an even number, we will swap 4 and 3. This will cost 1 operation.
For making 267 an even number, we will swap 6 and 7. This will cost 1 operation.
For making 2315 an even number, we will swap 2 and 3 followed by 2 and 1, and then 2 and 5. This will cost 3 operations.
So the minimum cost will be 5.

Input: {12, 23, 2171315}
Output: 6
Explanation: 12 is already an even number so it will cost 0 operations.
For making 23 an even number, we will swap 2 and 3. This will cost 1 operation.
For making 2171315 an even number, we need to perform 6 operations so instead of making it even we will delete it from the array which will cost 5 operations.
So after deleting, the minimum cost will be 6.

Approach: To solve the problem follow the below idea:

The idea is to maintain a variable for calculating the minimum cost and for every single element of the array choose the minimum between 5 or the total number of swaps required.

This entire thing can be done by following the below-mentioned steps:

Implement a function named makeEven which takes an integer as an input and returns the number of swaps required for making that number even or -1 if there is no even digit in that number.
Initialize a variable minCost for storing the minimum cost and iterate over the input array.
For every single iteration, Initialize a variable cost = makeEven ( currentElement).
if cost == -1 then add 5 to minCost otherwise add minimum among 5 and cost to minCost.
return minCost.

Below is the implementation for the above approach:

C++

// C++ code for the above approach:
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
int makeEven(int n)
{
    int cost = 0;
 
    // For calculating the cost for making
    // the number even
    while (n % 2 != 0) {
 
        // While loop till the number
        // becomes even
        n /= 10;
 
        // The last digit is odd so we
        // remove it to check next digit
        // and increment the cost by one.
        cost++;
    }
    if (n == 0)
        return -1;
    return cost;
}
 
int makeArrayEven(vector<int> arr)
{
    int minCost = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < arr.size(); i++) {
        int cost = makeEven(arr[i]);
 
        // Function call for
        // makeEven function
        if (cost != -1)
            minCost += min(5, cost);
 
        // If current element can be
        // converted into even number
        else
            minCost += 5;
 
        // If current element cannot be
        // converted into even number
        // this means we have to delete
        // current element which cost 5
    }
    return minCost;
}
 
// Driver's code
int main()
{
    vector<int> arr{ 12, 23, 2171315 };
 
    // Function call
    cout << makeArrayEven(arr);
 
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java code for the above approach:
import java.io.*;
 
class GFG {
 
  static int makeEven(int n)
  {
    int cost = 0;
 
    // For calculating the cost for making the number
    // even
    while (n % 2 != 0)
    {
 
      // While loop till the number becomes even
      n /= 10;
 
      // The last digit is odd so we remove it to
      // check next digit and increment the cost by
      // one.
      cost++;
    }
    if (n == 0)
      return -1;
    return cost;
  }
 
  static int makeArrayEven(int[] arr)
  {
    int minCost = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
      int cost = makeEven(arr[i]);
 
      // Function call for makeEven function
      if (cost != -1)
        minCost += Math.min(5, cost);
 
      // If current element can be converted into even
      // number
      else
        minCost += 5;
 
      // If current element cannot be converted into
      // even number this means we have to delete
      // current element which cost 5
    }
    return minCost;
  }
 
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    int[] arr = { 12, 23, 2171315 };
 
    // Function call
    System.out.println(makeArrayEven(arr));
  }
}
 
// This code is contributed lokesh.

Python

def makeEven(n):
    cost = 0
 
    # For calculating the cost for making
    # the number even
    while n % 2 != 0:
 
        # While loop till the number
        # becomes even
        n //= 10
 
        # The last digit is odd so we
        # remove it to check next digit
        # and increment the cost by one.
        cost += 1
         
        if n == 0:
            return -1
         
    return cost
 
def makeArrayEven(arr):
    minCost = 0
    for i in range(len(arr)):
        cost = makeEven(arr[i])
 
        # Function call for
        # makeEven function
        if cost != -1:
            minCost += min(5, cost)
 
        # If current element can be
        # converted into even number
        else:
            minCost += 5
 
        # If current element cannot be
        # converted into even number
        # this means we have to delete
        # current element which cost 5
    return minCost
 
# Driver's code
arr = [12, 23, 2171315]
 
# Function call
print(makeArrayEven(arr))

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
 
class GFG {
    static int makeEven(int n)
    {
        int cost = 0;
 
        // For calculating the cost for making
        // the number even
        while (n % 2 != 0) {
 
            // While loop till the number
            // becomes even
            n /= 10;
 
            // The last digit is odd so we
            // remove it to check next digit
            // and increment the cost by one.
            cost++;
        }
        if (n == 0)
            return -1;
        return cost;
    }
 
    static int makeArrayEven(List<int> arr)
    {
        int minCost = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < arr.Count; i++) {
            int cost = makeEven(arr[i]);
 
            // Function call for
            // makeEven function
            if (cost != -1)
                minCost += Math.Min(5, cost);
 
            // If current element can be
            // converted into even number
            else
                minCost += 5;
 
            // If current element cannot be
            // converted into even number
            // this means we have to delete
            // current element which cost 5
        }
        return minCost;
    }
 
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        List<int> arr = new List<int>{ 12, 23, 2171315 };
 
        // Function call
        Console.WriteLine(makeArrayEven(arr));
    }
}

Javascript

<script>
  function makeEven(n) {
    let cost = 0;
 
    // For calculating the cost for making
    // the number even
    while (n % 2 !== 0) {
      // While loop till the number
      // becomes even
      n = Math.floor(n / 10);
 
      // The last digit is odd so we
      // remove it to check next digit
      // and increment the cost by one.
      cost++;
    }
    if (n === 0) return -1;
    return cost;
  }
 
  function makeArrayEven(arr) {
    let minCost = 0;
    for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
      const cost = makeEven(arr[i]);
 
      // Function call for
      // makeEven function
      if (cost !== -1) minCost += Math.min(5, cost);
      // If current element can be
      // converted into even number
      else minCost += 5;
 
      // If current element cannot be
      // converted into even number
      // this means we have to delete
      // current element which cost 5
    }
    return minCost;
  }
 
  // Driver's code
  const arr = [12, 23, 2171315];
 
  // Function call
  console.log(makeArrayEven(arr));
</script>

Output

Time Complexity: O(N), where N is the size of the array,
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

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