18. 四数之和

class Solution {
    public List<List<Integer>> fourSum(int[] nums, int target) {
        Arrays.sort(nums);
        List<List<Integer>> res = new ArrayList<>();
        for(int i=0;i<=nums.length-1;i++){
            //这种剪枝是错误的，这道题目target 是任意值
            // if(nums[i]>target) break;
            if(i>0 && nums[i]==nums[i-1]) continue;
            for(int j = i+1;j<=nums.length-1;j++){
                if(j > i+1 && nums[j]==nums[j-1]) continue;
                int left = j+1;
                int right = nums.length-1;
                while(left<right){
                    int sum = nums[i]+nums[j]+nums[left]+nums[right];
                    if(sum<target){
                        left++;
                    }else if(sum>target){
                        right--;
                    }else{
                        List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();
                        list.add(nums[left]); 
                        list.add(nums[right]); 
                        list.add(nums[j]);
                        list.add(nums[i]); 
                        res.add(list);
                        while(left<right && nums[left]==nums[left+1]) left++;
                        while(left<right && nums[right]==nums[right-1]) right--;
                        left++;
                        right--;
                    }
                }
            }
        } 
        return res;
    }
}