Median of Two Sorted Arrays Problem Statement

Given two sorted integer arrays A and B with sizes N and M respectively, find the median of the combined array that results from merging arrays A and B. If the total number of elements (i.e., N + M) is even, the median will be the average of the two middle numbers.

Input:

The first line contains an integer T representing the number of test cases.
For each test case:
- The first line contains two space-separated integers N and M denoting the sizes of arrays A and B, respectively.
- The second line contains N space-separated integers representing the elements of the array A.
- The third line contains M space-separated integers representing the elements of the array B.

Output:

For each test case, print the median of the combined array on a new line.

Example:

Input:
A = { 2, 4, 6, 8 }
B = { 1, 3, 5, 7 }
Output:
4.5
Explanation: The merged array is { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 }. The middle elements are 4 and 5, thus the median is (4 + 5) / 2 = 4.5.

Constraints:

  • 1 ≤ T ≤ 10
  • 1 ≤ N ≤ 10^6
  • 1 ≤ M ≤ 10^6
  • 1 ≤ A[i] ≤ 10^9
  • 1 ≤ B[i] ≤ 10^9
  • Time limit: 1 sec.

Note:

You are not required to print anything; just implement the function to find the median.
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Find the median of two sorted arrays after merging them.

  • Merge the two sorted arrays into one sorted array.

  • Calculate the median based on the length of the combined array.

  • Handle cases where the total nu...read more

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