受上一题启发 知道要keep四个变量 分别为四个角的边界 一层一层填充
public class Solution {
public int[][] generateMatrix(int n) {
int [][] res = new int [n][n];
int i = 1;
int colStart = 0;
int colEnd = n - 1;
int rowStart = 0;
int rowEnd = n - 1;
while ( i <= n * n ) {
//go right
for ( int j = colStart; j <= colEnd; j ++ ){
res[rowStart][j] = i;
i ++;
}
rowStart ++;
//go down
for ( int j = rowStart; j <= rowEnd; j ++ ){
res[j][colEnd] = i;
i ++;
}
colEnd --;
// go left;
for ( int j = colEnd; j >= colStart; j -- ){
res[rowEnd][j] = i;
i ++;
}
rowEnd --;
// go up
for ( int j = rowEnd; j >= rowStart; j -- ){
res[j][colStart] = i;
i ++;
}
colStart ++;
}
return res;
}
}