Inserting elements to array in C - arrays

Question

My task is: If we look at any two neighbour values in an array, if the one on the right is two times greater than the one on the left, their average should be inserted between them and the new array consisting of old and new elements should be printed. I have a problem with moving the other elements after average.And using special functions or libraries is not allowed.I am beginner, and I hope you could help.
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
int n, i, j;
double a[100], average;
printf("Enter the number of elements: ");
scanf("%d", &n);
for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
scanf("%lf", &a[i]);
}
for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
if ((a[i + 1] / a[i]) == 2) {
for (i = j = 0; i < n; ++i)
b[j++] = a[i];
if (a[i + 1] / a[i] == 2)
average = (a[i + 1] + a[i]) / 2;
b[j++] =average;
}
}
for (i = 0; i < j; ++i) {
printf("%lf\n", b[i]);
}
}

Answer 1

A simple way to solve your problem is adding double b[199];, and copying everything over:
for (i = j = 0; i < n; ++i) {
b[j++] = a[i];
if (...) b[j++] = ...; /* Append the average to b. */
}
for (i = 0; i < j; ++i) {
printf("%lf\n", b[i]);
}
If you really want to move the elements forward within a itself, then you can do it by adding an inner for loop (and an additional loop variable int k;) which copies the elements one-by-one:
for (k = n++; k > i; --k) {
a[k] = a[k - 1];
}

Answer 2

In order to insert an element in an array, you must copy the elements with higher index from the last one down.
Also avoid dividing by a[i] that can be zero, and properly handle 0,0 that match the criteria for inserting the average, and skip the inserted value to avoid inserting more zeros.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main() {
int n, i, j;
printf("Enter the number of elements: ");
if (scanf("%d", &n) != 1 || n <= 0)
return 1;
double *a = malloc(sizeof(*a) * (2 * n - 1)); // allocate the array to the maximum size
if (a == NULL)
return 0;
for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
if (scanf("%lf", &a[i]) != 1)
return 1;
}
for (i = 1; i < n; i++) {
if (a[i] == a[i - 1] * 2) {
for (j = n; j > i; j--)
a[j] = a[j - 1];
a[i] = (a[i - 1] + a[i]) / 2;
n++; // increase number of elements
i++; // skip the new value
}
}
for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
printf("%f\n", a[i]);
}
free(a);
return 0;
}

Answer 3

To insert an element in a specific position you would need to move the rest of the array. However doing it many times is expensive and you may prefer to use an array to store the position at which you want to insert the elements and then insert them all at once.
Alternatively you can create a new array where to copy the original plus the new values.
However there's an easier and faster way, that is adding the new values straight away, while you fill the original array. Here's a program that does that.
#include <stdio.h>
#define SIZE 100
int main() {
int i, n, avg = 0;
double a[SIZE];
while( puts("Enter the number of elements:") && (scanf("%d", &n) != 1 || n < 1 || n > SIZE) );
scanf("%lf", &a[0]);
for(i = 1; i < n+avg && i < SIZE-1 && scanf("%lf", &a[i]) == 1; i++) {
if( a[i] == a[i-1] * 2 ) {
a[i+1] = a[i];
a[i] = (a[i] + a[i-1]) / 2;
++avg;
++i;
}
}
for(i = 0; i < n+avg; i++) {
printf("%lf\n", a[i]);
}
return 0;
}