3Sum——LeetCode

Given an array S of n integers, are there elements abc 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)

题意是给定一个数组,找出来三元组之和等0,找出所有的组合并且不重复以字典序输出。

大体思路就是,先给数组排序,然后对数组中的前n-2个元素依次遍历,为啥是前n-2个元素,因为遍历到第n-2个元素时,只剩下第n-1和第n个元素来组成三元组了。

遍历的时候,有left和right两个游标,left就从i+1开始,right就从数组最右length-1开始,如果i、left、right三个元素加起来等0,那么就可以加入结果的List中了,如果<0,那么说明负数的绝对值比正数大,left应该向右移动,反之right向左移动。

注意,因为题目要求重复的组合不输出,那么遍历的时候要注意跳过相同的元素。

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  public List<List<Integer>> threeSum(int[] num) {
        List<List<Integer>> res = new ArrayList<>();
        if (num == null || num.length < 3) {
            return res;
        }
        Arrays.sort(num);
        if (num[0] > 0 || num[num.length - 1] < 0)
            return res;
        for (int i = 0; i < num.length - 2; i++) {
            if (i != 0 && num[i] == num[i - 1]) {
                continue;
            }
            int left = i + 1, right = num.length - 1;
            while (left < right) {
                int sum = 0;
                List<Integer> tmp = new ArrayList<>();
                sum = num[i] + num[left] + num[right];
                if (sum == 0) {
                    tmp.add(num[i]);
                    tmp.add(num[left]);
                    tmp.add(num[right]);
                    res.add(tmp);
                    while (left < right && num[left] == num[left + 1]) {
                        left++;
                    }
                    while (left < right && num[right] == num[right - 1]) {
                        right--;
                    }
                    left++;
                    right--;
                } else if (sum < 0) {
                    left++;
                } else {
                    right--;
                }
            }
        }
        return res;
    }
原文地址:https://www.cnblogs.com/aboutblank/p/4376251.html