/*Description :c++ solution to check if a given matrix is sparse matrix. If the count of zeroes present in the mmatrix is more than half the elements of the matrix, it is flagged as a sparse matrix. Also the tuple form of the matrix(if the said matrix is sparse) is displayed.*/ #include using namespace std; int compactMatrix(int sparseMatrix[4][5]) { int size = 0; for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) for (int j = 0; j < 5; j++) if (sparseMatrix[i][j] != 0) size++; /* number of columns in compactMatrix (size) must be equal to number of non - zero elements in sparseMatrix */ int compactMatrix[size][3]; // Making of new matrix int k = 0; for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) for (int j = 0; j < 5; j++) if (sparseMatrix[i][j] != 0) { compactMatrix[k][0] = i; compactMatrix[k][1] = j; compactMatrix[k][2] = sparseMatrix[i][j]; k++; } cout<<"The tuple form is:"< ((row * col)/ 2)) { cout<<"This is a sparse matrix"<