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 in ascending from left to right.
- Integers in each column are sorted in ascending from top to bottom.
For example,
Consider the following matrix:
[ [1, 4, 7, 11, 15], [2, 5, 8, 12, 19], [3, 6, 9, 16, 22], [10, 13, 14, 17, 24], [18, 21, 23, 26, 30] ]
Given target = 5
, return true
.
Given target = 20
, return false
.
class Solution {
public:
bool searchMatrix(vector<vector<int>>& matrix, int target) {
int rows = matrix.size();
int columns = matrix[0].size();
if (rows == 0 || columns == 0)
return 0;
int curRow = 0;
int curColumn = columns-1;
while (curColumn >=0 && curRow <rows)
{
int comparator = matrix[curRow][curColumn];
if (comparator == target)
return true;
if (comparator > target)
curColumn--;
else
curRow++;
}
return false;
}
};