class Solution {
public:
vector<vector<int>> generateMatrix(int n) {
int count = 0;
int c1 = 0;
vector<vector<int>>ans(n,vector<int>(n));
if(!n) return ans;
while(count<n*n)
{
//up
for(int i = c1;i<n-c1;i++)
{
ans[c1][i] = ++count;
if(count == n*n) return ans;
}
//right
for(int j = c1+1;j<n-c1-1;j++)
{
ans[j][n-c1-1] = ++count;
if(count == n*n) return ans;
}
//bottom
for(int i = n-c1-1;i>=c1;i--)
{
ans[n-c1-1][i] = ++count;
if(count == n*n) return ans;
}
// return ans;
//left
for(int j = n-c1-2;j>=c1+1;j--)
{
ans[j][c1] = ++count;
if(count == n*n) return ans;
}
c1++;
}
return ans;
}
};