(Java)LeetCode-18. 4Sum

Given an array S of n integers, are there elements a, b, c, and d in S such that a + b + c + d = target? Find all unique quadruplets in the array which gives the sum of target.

Note:

• Elements in a quadruplet (a,b,c,d) must be in non-descending order. (ie, a ≤ b ≤ c ≤ d)
• The solution set must not contain duplicate quadruplets.

    For example, given array S = {1 0 -1 0 -2 2}, and target = 0.

    A solution set is:
    (-1,  0, 0, 1)
    (-2, -1, 1, 2)
    (-2,  0, 0, 2)

这道题我用的思路和上一题差不多，三层循环，最后一层循环有两个指针从两边往中间遍历。注意要排除一些情况可以大大的提高速度。注意可排除的情况和前几题不一样哦。还有一种思路是用HashMap来解，我大概看了看感觉好难好麻烦，就还是就这个暴力的解法吧，话说可以击败90%的人

public class Solution {
    public List<List<Integer>> fourSum(int[] nums, int target) {
        Arrays.sort(nums);
		List<List<Integer>> result = new ArrayList<List<Integer>>();
		int length = nums.length;
		int pre_i = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
		for(int i = 0; i < length - 3; i++){
			if(pre_i == nums[i]){
				continue;
			}
			pre_i = nums[i];
			if(4*nums[i] > target){
		        break;
		    }
			int remain_target = target-nums[i];
			if(nums[i] + 3*nums[i+1] > target || nums[i] + 3*nums[length-1] < target){
				continue;
			}
			for(int j = i+1; j < length - 2; j++){
				if(j > i+1 && nums[j-1]==nums[j]){
					continue;
				}
				int m = j + 1;
				int n = length-1;
				int sub_target = target-nums[i]-nums[j];
				while(m < n){
					if(nums[m] + nums[n] == sub_target){
						Integer[] temp = {nums[i],nums[j],nums[m],nums[n]};
						result.add(Arrays.asList(temp));
						while(++m < n && nums[m] == nums[m-1]);
						while(m < --n && nums[n] == nums[n+1]);
					}
					else if(nums[m] + nums[n] < sub_target){
						while(++m < n && nums[m] == nums[m-1]);
					}else{
						while(m < --n && nums[n] == nums[n+1]);
					}
				}
			}
		}
		return result;
    }
}