LeetCode 15. 3Sum(三数之和)
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: 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] ]
题目标签:Array
这道题目给了我们一个nums array, 让我们找到所有任意三个数字加起来等于0的可能性,但是不能重复。这道题目我们要运用Two Sum(Two pointers)方法来帮助完成,那么我们首先就要sort array。这样才可以利用Two Sum。也可以帮助避免重复的数字。然后遍历nums array,这里只需要遍历到最后倒数第三个就可以了,因为一共需要三个数字,后面只有两个数字的时候,没必要。对于每一个数字,把它* -1,比如说题目中的例子: -4 -1 -1 0 1 2, 把-4 * -1 = 4, 然后需要在后面的array 里找到两个数字之和等于4的。这样就是在做Two Sum题目了。如果遇到-1 -1这种情况,第一个-1 我们需要,在后面array 里找两数之和等于1的。当遇到第二个重复的,直接skip。同样的,在后面的array里找两数之和的话,遇到第二个重复的也跳过。
Java Solution:
Runtime beats 82.41%
完成日期:07/11/2017
关键词:Array
关键点:利用TwoSum(two pointers)来辅助
1 public class Solution 2 { 3 public List<List<Integer>> threeSum(int[] nums) 4 { 5 Arrays.sort(nums); 6 List<List<Integer>> res = new ArrayList<>(); 7 8 for(int i=0; i<nums.length-2; i++) // no need to find twoSum if rest array size is only 1 or 0 9 { 10 if(i > 0 && nums[i] == nums[i-1]) // if previous num is same, skip this num 11 continue; 12 13 // for each num, find the twoSum which equal -num in the rest array 14 int left = i + 1; 15 int right = nums.length-1; 16 int sum = nums[i] * -1; 17 18 while(left < right) 19 { 20 if(nums[left] + nums[right] == sum) // find the two 21 { 22 res.add(Arrays.asList(nums[i], nums[left], nums[right])); // ascending order 23 left++; 24 right--; 25 26 while(left < right && nums[left] == nums[left-1]) // if next num is same as this, skip this 27 left++; 28 while(left < right && nums[right] == nums[right+1]) 29 right--; 30 } 31 else if(nums[left] + nums[right] > sum) // meaning need smaller sum 32 right--; 33 else // nums[left] + nums[right] < sum, meaning need larger sum 34 left++; 35 } 36 37 } 38 39 return res; 40 } 41 }
参考资料:
https://discuss.leetcode.com/topic/8125/concise-o-n-2-java-solution
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