[leetcode][54] Spiral Matrix

Posted 2021-01-07 ekoeko

54. Spiral Matrix

Given a matrix of m x n elements (m rows, n columns), return all elements of the matrix in spiral order.

Example 1:

Input:
[
 [ 1, 2, 3 ],
 [ 4, 5, 6 ],
 [ 7, 8, 9 ]
]
Output: [1,2,3,6,9,8,7,4,5]

Example 2:

Input:
[
  [1, 2, 3, 4],
  [5, 6, 7, 8],
  [9,10,11,12]
]
Output: [1,2,3,4,8,12,11,10,9,5,6,7]

解析

按照螺旋的方式来遍历二维数组。这个题目其实很直观，复杂度也是在O(n)，难点在于如何写出简单清晰的代码，自己写的方法很复杂，bug很多，看看别人写的。

参考答案（别人写的）

public class Solution {
    public List<Integer> spiralOrder(int[][] matrix) {
        
        List<Integer> res = new ArrayList<Integer>();
        
        if (matrix.length == 0) {
            return res;
        }
        
        int rowBegin = 0;
        int rowEnd = matrix.length-1;
        int colBegin = 0;
        int colEnd = matrix[0].length - 1;
        
        while (rowBegin <= rowEnd && colBegin <= colEnd) {
            // Traverse Right
            for (int j = colBegin; j <= colEnd; j ++) {
                res.add(matrix[rowBegin][j]);
            }
            rowBegin++;
            
            // Traverse Down
            for (int j = rowBegin; j <= rowEnd; j ++) {
                res.add(matrix[j][colEnd]);
            }
            colEnd--;
            
            if (rowBegin <= rowEnd) {
                // Traverse Left
                for (int j = colEnd; j >= colBegin; j --) {
                    res.add(matrix[rowEnd][j]);
                }
            }
            rowEnd--;
            
            if (colBegin <= colEnd) {
                // Traver Up
                for (int j = rowEnd; j >= rowBegin; j --) {
                    res.add(matrix[j][colBegin]);
                }
            }
            colBegin ++;
        }
        
        return res;
    }
}

保存了四个变量来做遍历，rowBegin、rowEnd、colBegin、colEnd，每次遍历一条边，当begin和end相遇时遍历结束，很清晰。