Minimum steps to convert an Array into permutation of numbers from 1 to N

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Given an array arr of length N, the task is to count the minimum number of operations to convert given sequence into a permutation of first N natural numbers (1, 2, …., N). In each operation, increment or decrement an element by one.
Examples:

Input: arr[] = {4, 1, 3, 6, 5}
Output: 4
Apply decrement operation four times on 6
Input : arr[] = {0, 2, 3, 4, 1, 6, 8, 9}
Output : 7

Approach: An efficient approach is to sort the given array and for each element, find the difference between the arr[i] and i(1 based indexing). Find the sum of all such difference, and this will be the minimum steps required.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:

CPP

// C++ program to find minimum number of steps to
// convert a given sequence into a permutation
 
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to find minimum number of steps to
// convert a given sequence into a permutation
int get_permutation(int arr[], int n)
{
    // Sort the given array
    sort(arr, arr + n);
 
    // To store the required minimum
    // number of operations
    int result = 0;
 
    // Find the operations on each step
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        result += abs(arr[i] - (i + 1));
    }
 
    // Return the answer
    return result;
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int arr[] = { 0, 2, 3, 4, 1, 6, 8, 9 };
 
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
 
    // Function call
    cout << get_permutation(arr, n);
 
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java program to find minimum number of steps to
// convert a given sequence into a permutation
import java.util.*;
 
class GFG{
  
// Function to find minimum number of steps to
// convert a given sequence into a permutation
static int get_permutation(int arr[], int n)
{
    // Sort the given array
    Arrays.sort(arr);
  
    // To store the required minimum
    // number of operations
    int result = 0;
  
    // Find the operations on each step
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        result += Math.abs(arr[i] - (i + 1));
    }
  
    // Return the answer
    return result;
}
  
// Driver code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
    int arr[] = { 0, 2, 3, 4, 1, 6, 8, 9 };
  
    int n = arr.length;
  
    // Function call
    System.out.print(get_permutation(arr, n));
  
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar

Python3

# Python3 program to find minimum number of steps to
# convert a given sequence into a permutation
 
# Function to find minimum number of steps to
# convert a given sequence into a permutation
def get_permutation(arr, n):
 
    # Sort the given array
    arr = sorted(arr)
 
    # To store the required minimum
    # number of operations
    result = 0
 
    # Find the operations on each step
    for i in range(n):
        result += abs(arr[i] - (i + 1))
 
    # Return the answer
    return result
 
# Driver code
if __name__ == '__main__':
    arr=[0, 2, 3, 4, 1, 6, 8, 9]
    n = len(arr)
 
    # Function call
    print(get_permutation(arr, n))
 
# This code is contributed by mohit kumar 29    

C#

// C# program to find minimum number of steps to
// convert a given sequence into a permutation
using System;
  
class GFG{
 
// Function to find minimum number of steps to
// convert a given sequence into a permutation
static int get_permutation(int []arr, int n)
{
    // Sort the given array
    Array.Sort(arr);
 
    // To store the required minimum
    // number of operations
    int result = 0;
 
    // Find the operations on each step
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        result += Math.Abs(arr[i] - (i + 1));
    }
 
    // Return the answer
    return result;
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void Main()
{
    int []arr = { 0, 2, 3, 4, 1, 6, 8, 9 };
 
    int n = arr.Length;
 
    // Function call
    Console.Write(get_permutation(arr, n));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by shivanisinghss2110

Javascript

<script>
// javascript program to find minimum number of steps to
// convert a given sequence into a permutation
 
// Function to find minimum number of steps to
// convert a given sequence into a permutation
function get_permutation(arr , n)
{
 
    // Sort the given array
    arr.sort();
  
    // To store the required minimum
    // number of operations
    var result = 0;
  
    // Find the operations on each step
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        result += Math.abs(arr[i] - (i + 1));
    }
  
    // Return the answer
    return result;
}
  
// Driver code
var arr = [ 0, 2, 3, 4, 1, 6, 8, 9 ];
var n = arr.length;
  
// Function call
document.write(get_permutation(arr, n));
 
// This code is contributed by Amit Katiyar 
</script>

Output:

Time Complexity: O(n*log(n))
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

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