C++ Calculating the Mode of a Sorted Array

Question

I have to write a C++ code that finds the median and mode of an array. I'm told that it's much easier to find the mode of an array AFTER the numbers have been sorted. I sorted the function but still cannot find the mode.

 int counter = 0;
    for (int pass = 0; pass < size - 1; pass++)
        for (int count = pass + 1; count < size; count++) {
            if (array [count] == array [pass])
                counter++;
            cout << "The mode is: " << counter << endl; 

Answer 1

If the array has been sorted already, you can count the occurrences of a number at once. Then just save the number that has biggest occurrences. And you can find out the mode in only one for-loop. Otherwise, you'll have to do more than one for-loops. See a details example at the link below Find-the-Mode-of-a-Set-of-Numbers

Here is the code,

int number = array[0];
int mode = number;
int count = 1;
int countMode = 1;

for (int i=1; i<size; i++)
{
      if (array[i] == number) 
      { // count occurrences of the current number
         ++count;
      }
      else
      { // now this is a different number
            if (count > countMode) 
            {
                  countMode = count; // mode is the biggest ocurrences
                  mode = number;
            }
           count = 1; // reset count for the new number
           number = array[i];
  }
}

cout << "mode : " << mode << endl;