LeetCode的这个问题可用“夹逼”的思想完成。
题目如下
Write an efficient algorithm that searches for a value in an m x n matrix. This matrix has the following properties:
Integers in each row are sorted in ascending from left to right.
Integers in each column are sorted in ascending from top to bottom.
For example,
Consider the following matrix:
[
[1, 4, 7, 11, 15],
[2, 5, 8, 12, 19],
[3, 6, 9, 16, 22],
[10, 13, 14, 17, 24],
[18, 21, 23, 26, 30]
]
Given target = 5, return true.
Given target = 20, return false.
问题在于怎么将搜索范围缩小。注意到每行每列数字的特点是向右、向下递增,也就是说,每个“方块”内的数,左上角的数最小,右下角的数最大,那么只要利用这点,就可以将某些“方块”排除出搜索范围。最终将搜索范围缩小到我们可以接受的范围。
附上代码:
class Solution {
public:
bool flag = true;
bool searchMatrix(vector<vector<int>>& matrix, int target)
{
int left = 0,right = matrix[0].size()-1, up = 0, down = matrix.size()-1;
int left1 = -1,right1 = -1,up1 = -1,down1 = -1;
int flag = 0;
while(1)
{
left1 = left;
right1 = right;
up1 = up;
down1 = down;
flag = shrink(matrix,left,right,up,down,target);
if(left1==left&&right1==right&&up1==up&&down1==down) break;
if(flag == 1) return true;
}
for(int i=up;i<=down;++i)
for(int j=left;j<=right;++j)
if(matrix[i][j] == target) return true;
return false;
}
int shrink(vector<vector<int>>& a,int &left,int &right,int &up,int &down,int target)
{
int mid = 0;
for(int i=up;i<=down;++i)
{
if(a[i][right] > target)
{
up = i;
break;
}
if(a[i][right] == target)
return 1;
else if(i==down) up = i;
}
for(int i=down;i>=up;--i)
{
if(a[i][left] < target)
{
down = i;
break;
}
if(a[i][left] == target)
return 1;
else if(i==up) down = up;
}
for(int i=left;i<=right;++i)
{
if(a[down][i] > target)
{
left = i;
break;
}
if(a[down][i] == target) return 1;
else if(i==right) left = i;
}
for(int i=right;i>=left;--i)
{
if(a[up][i] < target)
{
right = i;
break;
}
if(a[up][i] == target) return 1;
else if(i==left) right = i;
}
return 0;
}
};