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.
还是二分查找啦。若是查找某个数,猜某个数,大多情况下都是二分查找。
/* The guess API is defined in the parent class GuessGame.
@param n, your guess
@return -1 if my number is lower, 1 if my number is higher, otherwise return 0
int guess(int num); */
public class Solution extends GuessGame {
public int guessNumber(int n) {
int low = 1, high = n, result;
while (true) {
result = low + (high - low) / 2;
if (guess(result) == 0) return result;
else if (guess(result) == 1) {
low = result + 1;
} else high = result - 1;
}
}
}