Guess Number Higher or Lower
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:
n = 10, I pick 6.
Return 6.
Tips:
非常简单,用简单的二分法就能做,需要注意的是先算guess(n) == 0的情况,不然会超时。还有就是注意guess(n)的定义。
Code:
/* The guess API is defined in the parent class GuessGame.
@param num, your guess
@return -1 if my number is lower, 1 if my number is higher, otherwise return 0
int guess(int num); */
public class Solution extends GuessGame {
public int guessNumber(int n) {
if (guess(n) == 0) {
return n;
}
int start = 1;
int end = n;
while (start < end) {
int mid = start + (end - start) / 2;
if (guess(mid) == 0) {
return mid;
} else if (guess(mid) == -1) {
end = mid;
} else {
start = mid;
}
}
return start;
}
}