59. Spiral Matrix II

Problem

Given an integer n, generate a square matrix filled with elements from 1 to n2 in spiral order.

For example,
Given n = 3,

You should return the following matrix:

[
[ 1, 2, 3 ],
[ 8, 9, 4 ],
[ 7, 6, 5 ]
]

class Solution {
public:
    vector<vector<int>> generateMatrix(int n) {
        int begin = 0, end = n - 1;
        vector<vector<int> > ret (n, vector<int>(n, 0));
        int num = 1;
        while(begin < end) {
            for(int i = begin; i < end; ++i) ret[begin][i] = num++;
            for(int i = begin; i < end; ++i) ret[i][end] = num++;
            for(int i = end; i > begin; --i) ret[end][i] = num++;
            for(int i = end; i > begin; --i) ret[i][begin] = num++;

            ++begin;
            --end;
        }
        if(begin == end) {
            ret[begin][begin] = num;
        }
        return ret;
    }
};