Given an integer n, generate a square matrix filled with elements from 1 to n2 in spiral order.
For example,
Given n = 3
,
[ [ 1, 2, 3 ], [ 8, 9, 4 ], [ 7, 6, 5 ] ]
Iterate over n / 2 circles. If n is odd, add n^2 at the center of the matrix.
public class Solution {
public int[][] generateMatrix(int n) {
int[][] res = new int[n][n];
int value = 1;
for (int i = 0; i < n / 2; i++) {
for (int j = i; j < n - 1 - i; j++) {
res[i][j] = value++;
}
for (int j = i; j < n - 1 - i; j++) {
res[j][n - 1 - i] = value++;
}
for (int j = n - 1 - i; j > i; j--) {
res[n - 1 - i][j] = value++;
}
for (int j = n - 1 - i; j > i; j--) {
res[j][i] = value++;
}
}
if (n % 2 == 1) {
res[n /2][n / 2] = value;
}
return res;
}
}