The first method use less space but wate time!
#include <stdio.h>
#define MAXSIZE 100
void delete_element(int arr[], int length);
int main(void)
{
int a[MAXSIZE] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15};
printf("Before delete array is:\n");
int i = 0;
while(a[i]){
printf("%d, ",a[i]);
++i;
}
printf("\n");
delete_element(a, MAXSIZE);
i = 0;
while(a[i]){
printf("%d, ",a[i]);
++i;
}
printf("\n");
return 0;
}
void delete_element(int arr[], int length)
{
if(NULL == arr || length <= 0)
return ;
int i = 0;
int num_deleted = 0;
int original_length = 0;
// Find the number of element that will be deleted
while(arr[i] != '\0' && i < length){
++ original_length;
if(0 == (arr[i] % 3))
++ num_deleted;
++i;
}
--i;
int new_length = original_length;
int walk_len = 0;
int temp_len = 0;
while(i >= 0){
++walk_len;
if(0 == (arr[i] % 3)){
if(1 == walk_len) // replace the deleted element with '\0'
arr[i] = '\0';
else{
temp_len = walk_len;
// move the elements behind the deleted element
while(temp_len >=0){
arr[new_length-temp_len] = arr[new_length - (temp_len - 1)];
--temp_len;
}
--new_length;
--walk_len;
}
}
--i;
}// while
}