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 :
Input: n = 10, pick = 6
Output: 6
Approach #1:
// Forward declaration of guess API. // @param num, your guess // @return -1 if my number is lower, 1 if my number is higher, otherwise return 0 int guess(int num); class Solution { public: int guessNumber(int n) { int l = 1, r = n; while (l <= r) { int m = l + (r - l) / 2; //cout << m << endl; if (guess(m) == 1) l = m + 1; else if (guess(m) == -1) r = m - 1; else return m; } return -1; } };
Runtime: 0 ms, faster than 100.00% of C++ online submissions for Guess Number Higher or Lower.
Analysis:
you should pay attention to that My number is lower represent pick > m.