Question:
Given an array S of n integers, are there elements a, b, c in S such that a + b + c = 0? Find all unique triplets in the array which gives the sum of zero.
Note:
- Elements in a triplet (a,b,c) must be in non-descending order. (ie, a ≤ b ≤ c)
- The solution set must not contain duplicate triplets.
For example, given array S = {-1 0 1 2 -1 -4}, A solution set is: (-1, 0, 1) (-1, -1, 2)
public class Solution {
private ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> results;
public ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> threeSum(int[] num) {
results = new ArrayList<>();
if (num.length < 3) {
return results;
}
Arrays.sort(num);
int length = num.length - 1;
for (int i = 0; i <= length - 2; i++) {
if (i != 0 && (num[i] == num[i - 1])) {
continue;
}
subThreeSum(num, i, i + 1, length);
}
return results;
}
private void subThreeSum(int[] num, int i, int first, int last) {
while (first < last) {
if (num[first] + num[last] + num[i] > 0) {
last--;
} else if (num[first] + num[last] + num[i] < 0) {
first++;
} else if (num[first] + num[last] + num[i] == 0) {
ArrayList<Integer> result = new ArrayList<Integer>();
result.add(num[i]);
result.add(num[first]);
result.add(num[last]);
results.add(result);
first++;
last--;
while (first < last && num[first] == num[first - 1]) {
first++;
}
while (first < last && num[last] == num[last + 1]) {
last--;
}
}
}
}
}