We are playing the Guess Game. The game is as follows:
I pick a number from 1 to n. You have to guess which number I picked.
Every time you guess wrong, I’ll tell you whether the number is higher or lower.
You call a pre-defined API guess(int num) which returns 3 possible results (-1, 1, or 0):
-1 : My number is lower
1 : My number is higher
0 : Congrats! You got it!
Example:
n = 10, I pick 6.
Return 6.
算法思想就是折半查找;
关于time limit exceeded:
当right的值位于上边界时
使用mid = (right + left) / 2;可能在计算right + left 时发生数值越界,导致超时;
使用mid = (right - left) / 2 + left;可以避免。
// Forward declaration of guess API.
// @param num, your guess
// @return -1 if my number is lower, 1 if my number is higher, otherwise return 0
int guess(int num);
class Solution {
public:
int guessNumber(int n) {
int left = 1;
int right = n;
int mid = 0;
while(left <= right){
mid = (right - left) / 2 + left;
if(guess(mid) == 1)
left = mid + 1;
else if(guess(mid) == -1)
right = mid - 1;
else if(guess(mid) == 0)
return mid;
}
return left;
}