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    copied!<p>I'm pretty new at C++ and would need some advice on this. Here I have a code that I wrote to measure the number of times an arbitrary integer x occurs in an array and to output the comparisons made.</p> <p>However I've read that by using multi-way branching("Divide and conqurer!") techniques, I could make the algorithm run faster.</p> <p>Could anyone point me in the right direction how should I go about doing it?</p> <p>Here is my working code for the other method I did:</p> <pre><code>#include &lt;iostream&gt; #include &lt;cstdlib&gt; #include &lt;vector&gt; using namespace std; vector &lt;int&gt; integers; int function(int vectorsize, int count); int x; double input; int main() { cout&lt;&lt;"Enter 20 integers"&lt;&lt;endl; cout&lt;&lt;"Type 0.5 to end"&lt;&lt;endl; while(true) { cin&gt;&gt;input; if (input == 0.5) break; integers.push_back(input); } cout&lt;&lt;"Enter the integer x"&lt;&lt;endl; cin&gt;&gt;x; function((integers.size()-1),0); system("pause"); } int function(int vectorsize, int count) { if(vectorsize&lt;0) //termination condition { cout&lt;&lt;"The number of times"&lt;&lt; x &lt;&lt;"appears is "&lt;&lt;count&lt;&lt;endl; return 0; } if (integers[vectorsize] &gt; x) { cout&lt;&lt; integers[vectorsize] &lt;&lt; " &gt; " &lt;&lt; x &lt;&lt;endl; } if (integers[vectorsize] &lt; x) { cout&lt;&lt; integers[vectorsize] &lt;&lt; " &lt; " &lt;&lt; x &lt;&lt;endl; } if (integers[vectorsize] == x) { cout&lt;&lt; integers[vectorsize] &lt;&lt; " = " &lt;&lt; x &lt;&lt;endl; count = count+1; } return (function(vectorsize-1,count)); } </code></pre> <p>Thanks!</p>
 

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