/*A sparse matrix is a matrix which has number of zeroes greater than (m*n)/2, where m and n are the dimensions of the matrix.*/ #include using namespace std; int main() { int m, n; int counterZeros = 0; cout << "Enter dimensions of matrix (seperated with space): "; cin >> m >> n; int a[m][n]; cout << "Enter matrix elements:"; cout << "\n"; // reads the matrix from stdin for (int i = 0; i < m; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) { cout << "element? "; cin >> a[i][j]; } } // counts the zero's for (int i = 0; i < m; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) { if (a[i][j] == 0) counterZeros++; //Counting number of zeroes } } // makes sure the matrix is a sparse matrix if (counterZeros > ((m * n) / 2)) //Checking for sparse matrix cout << "Sparse matrix"; else cout << "Not a sparse matrix"; }