diff --git a/C++/josephus_problem.cpp b/C++/josephus_problem.cpp
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+#include<bits/stdc++.h>
+using namespace std;
+int main()
+{
+	int n,gap;
+	cout<<"Enter size of the array\n";
+	cin>>n;
+	cout<<"Enter gap between the values\n";
+	cin>>gap;
+	vector<int> act;
+	for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
+	{
+		act.push_back(i+1);
+	}
+	vector<int> calc; 
+	calc.assign(act.begin(),act.end());
+	int i;
+	int start=gap-1;
+//	cout<<calc.size();
+	while(act.size()>1)
+	{
+		for(i=start;i<act.size();i+=gap)
+		{
+			auto it=find(calc.begin(),calc.end(),act[i]);
+//			if(it!=calc.end())
+			calc.erase(it);
+		}
+		start=i-act.size();
+		act.clear();
+		act.assign(calc.begin(),calc.end());
+	}
+	for(auto &j:act)
+		cout<<j;	
+}
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