Write an efficient algorithm that searches for a value in an m x n matrix. This matrix has the following properties:
- Integers in each row are sorted in ascending from left to right.
- Integers in each column are sorted in ascending from top to bottom.
For example,
Consider the following matrix:
[ [1, 4, 7, 11, 15], [2, 5, 8, 12, 19], [3, 6, 9, 16, 22], [10, 13, 14, 17, 24], [18, 21, 23, 26, 30] ]
Given target = 5
, return true
.
Given target = 20
, return false
.
class Solution {
public:
bool searchMatrix(vector<vector<int>>& matrix, int target) {
int rows = matrix.size();
int cols = (matrix[0]).size();
int i = rows -1;
int j = 0;
for (; i >=0 && j < cols;) {
int val = matrix[i][j];
if (val == target){
return true;
}
if (val > target) {
--i;
}
else {
++j;
}
}
return false;
}
};