Implementation of Apriori Algorithm in C++

Here is C++ implementation of Apriori Algorithm.

#include<iostream.h>

#include<conio.h>

void main() {
  int i, j, t1, k, l, m, f, f1, f2, f3;

  //Initial item-purchase
  int a[5][5];
  for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
    cout << "\n Enter items from purchase " << i + 1 << ":";
    for (j = 0; j < 5; j++) {
      cin >> a[i][j];
    }
  }

  //Defining minimum level for acceptence
  int min;
  cout << "\n Enter minimum acceptance level";
  cin >> min;

  //Printing initial input
  cout << "\nInitial Input:\n";
  cout << "\nTrasaction\tItems\n";
  for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
    cout << i + 1 << ":\t";
    for (j = 0; j < 5; j++) {
      cout << a[i][j] << "\t";
    }
    cout << "\n";
  }

  cout << "\nAssume minimum support: " << min;

  //First pass
  int l1[5];

  for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
    t1 = 0;
    for (j = 0; j < 5; j++) {
      for (k = 0; k < 5; k++) {
        if (a[j][k] == i + 1) {
          t1++;
        }
      }
    }
    l1[i] = t1;
  }

  //Printing first pass
  cout << "\n\nGenerating C1 from data\n";
  for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
    cout << i + 1 << ": " << l1[i] << "\n";
  }

  //Second pass

  //Counting number of possibilities for pass2
  int p2pcount = 0;
  int p2items[5];
  int p2pos = 0;

  for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
    if (l1[i] >= min) {
      p2pcount++;
      p2items[p2pos] = i;
      p2pos++;
    }
  }

  //Printing selected items for second pass
  cout << "\nGenerating L1 From C1\n";
  for (i = 0; i < p2pos; i++) {
    cout << p2items[i] + 1 << "\t" << l1[p2items[i]] << "\n";
  }

  //Joining items
  int l2[5][3];
  int l2t1; //will hold first item for join
  int l2t2; //will hold second item for join
  int l2pos1 = 0; //position pointer in l2 array
  int l2ocount = 0; //product join occruance counter
  int l2jcount = 0; //join counter

  for (i = 0; i < p2pcount; i++) {
    for (j = i + 1; j < p2pcount; j++) {
      l2t1 = p2items[i] + 1;
      l2t2 = p2items[j] + 1;
      if (l2t1 == l2t2) {
        //it is self join
        continue;
      }

      //join the elements
      l2[l2pos1][0] = l2t1;
      l2[l2pos1][1] = l2t2;

      l2jcount++;

      //count occurances
      l2ocount = 0; //reset counter
      for (k = 0; k < 5; k++) {
        f1 = f2 = 0; //resetting flag

        //scan a purcahse
        for (l = 0; l < 5; l++) {
          if (l2t1 == a[k][l]) {
            //one of the element found
            f1 = 1;
          }
          if (l2t2 == a[k][l]) {
            //second elements also found
            f2 = 1;
          }
        }

        //one purchase scanned
        if (f1 == 1 && f2 == 1) //both items are present in purchase
        {
          l2ocount++;
        }
      }

      //assign count
      l2[l2pos1][2] = l2ocount;

      l2pos1++;
    }
  }

  //Printing second pass
  cout << "\n\nGenerating L2\n";
  for (i = 0; i < l2jcount; i++) {
    for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
      cout << l2[i][j] << "\t";
    }
    cout << "\n";
  }

  //Third pass
  int p3pcount = 0;
  int p3items[5] = {
    -1,
    -1,
    -1,
    -1,
    -1
  };
  int p3pos = 0;

  for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
    if (l2[i][2] >= min) {
      f = 0;

      for (j = 0; j < 5; j++) {
        if (p3items[j] == l2[i][0]) {
          f = 1;
        }
      }
      if (f != 1) {
        p3items[p3pos] = l2[i][0];
        p3pos++;
        p3pcount++;
      }

      f = 0;
      for (j = 0; j < 5; j++) {
        if (p3items[j] == l2[i][1]) {
          f = 1;
        }
      }
      if (f != 1) {
        p3items[p3pos] = l2[i][1];
        p3pos++;
        p3pcount++;
      }
    }
  }

  //Joining
  int l3[5][4];
  int l3ocount = 0; //occurance counter
  int l3jcount = 0; //join counter

  for (i = 0; i < p3pcount; i++) {
    for (j = i + 1; j < p3pcount; j++) {
      for (k = j + 1; k < p3pcount; k++) {
        l3[i][0] = p3items[i];
        l3[i][1] = p3items[j];
        l3[i][2] = p3items[k];

        l3jcount++;

        //count occurances
        l3ocount = 0; //reset counter
        for (k = 0; k < 5; k++) {
          f1 = f2 = f3 = 0; //resetting flag

          //scan a purcahse
          for (l = 0; l < 5; l++) {
            if (l3[i][0] == a[k][l]) {
              //one of the element found
              f1 = 1;
            }
            if (l3[i][1] == a[k][l]) {
              //second elements also found
              f2 = 1;
            }
            if (l3[i][2] == a[k][l]) {
              //third element also found
              f3 = 1;
            }
          }

          //one purchase scanned
          if (f1 == 1 && f2 == 1 && f3 == 1) //all items are present in purchase
          {
            l3ocount++;
          }
        }

        //assign count
        l3[i][3] = l3ocount;
      }
    }
  }

  //Printing second pass
  cout << "\n\nGenerating L3\n";
  for (i = 0; i < l3jcount; i++) {
    for (j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
      cout << l3[i][j] << "\t";
    }
    cout << "\n";
  }

  //Ending
  getch();
}

/* Output

 Enter items from purchase 1:1
5
2
0
0

 Enter items from purchase 2:2
3
4
1
0

 Enter items from purchase 3:3
4
0
0
0

 Enter items from purchase 4:2
1
3
0
0

 Enter items from purchase 5:1
2
3
0
0

 Enter minimum acceptance level3

Initial Input:

Trasaction      Items
1:      1       5       2       0       0
2:      2       3       4       1       0
3:      3       4       0       0       0
4:      2       1       3       0       0
5:      1       2       3       0       0

Assume minimum support: 3

Generating C1 from data
1: 4
2: 4
3: 4
4: 2
5: 1

Generating L1 From C1
1       4
2       4
3       4


Generating L2
1       2       4
1       3       3
2       3       3


Generating L3
1       2       3       3

*/

14 thoughts on “Implementation of Apriori Algorithm in C++”

  1. hey i am getting this error when i compiling it in dev c++
    1 21 C:\Users\chiranjiv\Desktop\Untitled2.cpp [Error] iostream.h: No such file or directory

          1. Replace

            #include<iostream.h>
            #include<conio.h>

            with following three lines

            #include<iostream>
            #include<conio>
            using namespace std;

  2. I got this error in this prgm:
    purches and in ‘was not declared in this scope’
    plse reply me what should i do????

  3. I solved the wrong outputs for l3. Change the code in the following line as:
    ….
    //Third pass
    int p3items[100]={-1}; // increase the size of array…
    ….

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