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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.

Solution

题目说明矩阵是有序的，首先我们可以从右上方查找，若target小于当前值，则左移动，否则下移动.

bool searchMatrix(const vector<vector<int>> &matrix, int target) {
	if (matrix.empty() || matrix[0].empty())
		return false;
	int n = matrix.size(), m = matrix[0].size();
	int i = 0, j = m - 1;
	while (i < n && j >= 0) {
		if (matrix[i][j] == target)
			return true;
		if (matrix[i][j] > target) {
			j--;
		} else
			i++;
	}
	return false;
}

时间复杂度是O(n + m).

是否有更优的算法呢。。显然可以把二维数组当作一维数组。然后使用二分查找。

bool searchMatrix(const vector<vector<int>> &matrix, int target) {
	if (matrix.empty() || matrix[0].empty())
		return false;
	int n = matrix.size(), m = matrix[0].size();
	int s = 0, t = n * m - 1;
	while (s <= t) {
		int mid = s + ((t - s) >> 1);
		int i = mid / m, j = mid % m;
		if (matrix[i][j] == target)
			return true;
		if (matrix[i][j] > target) {
			t = mid - 1;
		} else
			s = mid + 1;
	}
	return false;
}

此时时间复杂度优化成O(log(n * m))

但这还不是最优的结果，我们可以使用二分搜索的扩展查找，先定位行，再定位列，初始化s = 0, t = n - 1, n 为行数:

• 令mid = (s + t) / 2
• 若target 在第mid行范围内，即matrix[mid][0] <= target <= matrix[mid][m - 1], 二分搜索第mid行binarySearch(matrix[mid], target)
• 若target < matrix[mid][0], 则在上半部分，即t = mid - 1;
• 若target > matrix[mid][m - 1], 则在下半部分， 即s = mid + 1

bool searchMatrix(const vector<vector<int>> &matrix, int target) {
	if (matrix.empty())
		return false;
	int s = 0, t = matrix.size() - 1, n = matrix[0].size();
	while (s <= t) {
		int mid = s + ((t - s) >> 1);
		if (target < matrix[mid][0]) {
			t = mid - 1;
		} else if (target > matrix[mid][n - 1]) {
			s = mid + 1;
		} else {
			return binarySearch(matrix[mid], target);
		}
	}
	return false;
}

时间复杂度为O(log(n) + log(m)).