We are playing the Guess Game. The game is as follows:
I pick a number from 1 to n. You have to guess which number I picked.
Every time you guess wrong, I'll tell you whether the number is higher or lower.
You call a pre-defined API guess(int num)
which returns 3 possible results (-1
, 1
, or 0
):
-1 : My number is lower 1 : My number is higher 0 : Congrats! You got it!
Example:
n = 10, I pick 6. Return 6.
This can be easily solved using binary search
int guess(int num);
class Solution {
public:
int guessNumber(int n) {
int left = 1, right = n;
while (left <= right) {
int mid = left + (right - left) / 2;
int ret = guess(mid);
if (ret == 0) {
return mid;
} else if (ret == -1) {
right = mid - 1;
} else if(ret == 1){
left = mid + 1;
}
}
return -1;
}
};