[Leetcode 15, medium] 3 Sum

Problem:

Given an array S of n integers, are there elements a, b, c in S such that a + b + c = 0? Find all unique triplets in the array which gives the sum of zero.

Note:

• Elements in a triplet (a,b,c) must be in non-descending order. (ie, a ≤ b ≤ c)
• The solution set must not contain duplicate triplets.

    For example, given array S = {-1 0 1 2 -1 -4},

    A solution set is:
    (-1, 0, 1)
    (-1, -1, 2)

Analysis:

Solutions:

C++:

    vector<vector<int> > threeSum(vector<int> &num) {
        vector<vector<int> > results;
        
        if(num.size() < 3)
            return results;
        
        sort(num.begin(), num.end());
        int size = num.size();
        for(int i = 0; i < size - 2; ++i) {
            if(i > 0 && num[i] == num[i - 1])
                continue;

            int target = 0 - num[i];
            for(int start = i + 1, end = size - 1; start < end;) {
                if(target == num[start] + num[end]) {
                    vector<int> result;
                    result.push_back(num[i]);
                    result.push_back(num[start]);
                    result.push_back(num[end]);
                    results.push_back(result);
                    for(start += 1; start < end && num[start] == num[start - 1]; ++start) {}
                    for(end -= 1; start < end && num[end] == num[end + 1]; --end) {}
                } else if(target < num[start] + num[end]) {
                    for(end -= 1; start < end && num[end] == num[end + 1]; --end) {}
                } else {
                    for(start += 1; start < end && num[start] == num[start - 1]; ++start) {}
                }
            }
        }
        
        return results;
    }

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