240.search-a-2d-matrix-ii.cpp

//  Tag: Array, Binary Search, Divide and Conquer, Matrix
//  Time: O(M + N)
//  Space: O(1)
//  Ref: -
//  Note: Matrix

//  Write an efficient algorithm that searches for a value target in an m x n integer matrix 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.
//  
//   
//  Example 1:
//  
//  
//  Input: 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]], target = 5
//  Output: true
//  
//  Example 2:
//  
//  
//  Input: 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]], target = 20
//  Output: false
//  
//   
//  Constraints:
//  
//  m == matrix.length
//  n == matrix[i].length
//  1 <= n, m <= 300
//  -109 <= matrix[i][j] <= 109
//  All the integers in each row are sorted in ascending order.
//  All the integers in each column are sorted in ascending order.
//  -109 <= target <= 109
//  
//  

class Solution {
public:
    bool searchMatrix(vector<vector<int>>& matrix, int target) {
        int m = matrix.size();
        int n = matrix[0].size();

        int i = 0;
        int j = n - 1;

        while (i < m && j >= 0) {
            if (target == matrix[i][j]) {
                return true;
            }

            if (target > matrix[i][j]) {
                i++;
            } else {
                j--;
            }
        }

        return false;
    }
};