74. Search a 2D Matrix

Write an efficient algorithm that searches for a value in an m x n matrix. This matrix has the following properties:

• Integers in each row are sorted from left to right.
• The first integer of each row is greater than the last integer of the previous row.

For example,

Consider the following matrix:

[
  [1,   3,  5,  7],
  [10, 11, 16, 20],
  [23, 30, 34, 50]
]

Given target = 3, return true.

题意：给定一个二维数组，每一行从左到右递增，每一行的第一个元素比上一行最后一个元素大，求给定的target是否存在数组中。

仔细观察一下就能相到：虽然题目给定的是一个二维数组，但是实际上我们可以等价于一个升序排序的一维数组，这样一来使用二分查找就可以很容易解决此题；

代码：

public class Solution {
    public boolean searchMatrix(int[][] matrix, int target) {
        if(matrix.length == 0 || matrix[0].length == 0)
            return false;
        int rowlen = matrix.length;
        int collen = matrix[0].length;
        int start = 0;
        int end = rowlen*collen-1;
        
        while(start <= end){
            int mid = (start+end)/2;
            int midr = mid/collen;
            int midc = mid%collen;
            if(target == matrix[midr][midc])
                return true;
            if(target < matrix[midr][midc] )
                end = mid-1;
            else
                start = mid+1;
        }
        return false;

    }
}