Write an efficient algorithm that searches for a value in an_m_x_n_matrix.
[
[1, 3, 5, 7],
[10, 11, 16, 20],
[23, 30, 34, 50]
]
public class Solution {
/**
* @param matrix: matrix, a list of lists of integers
* @param target: An integer
* @return: a boolean, indicate whether matrix contains target
*/
public boolean searchMatrix(int[][] matrix, int target) {
if (matrix == null || matrix.length == 0) {
return false;
}
if (matrix[0] == null || matrix[0].length == 0) {
return false;
}
int row = matrix.length;
int col = matrix[0].length;
int start = 0, end = row * col - 1;
while (start + 1 < end) {
int mid = start + (end - start) / 2;
int number = matrix[mid / col][mid % col];
if (number == target) {
return true;
} else if (number < target) {
start = mid;
} else {
end = mid;
}
}
if (matrix[start / col][start % col] == target ||
matrix[end / col][end % col] == target) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
}