Medium
4 Sum — C++
Full explanation · Time O(n^3) · Space O(1)
// Time: O(n^3)
// Space: O(1)
class Solution {
public:
vector<vector<int> > fourSum(vector<int> &nums, int target) {
sort(begin(nums), end(nums));
vector<vector<int>> result;
for (int i = 0; i + 3 < size(nums); ++i) {
if (i && nums[i] == nums[i - 1]) {
continue;
}
for (int j = i + 1; j + 2 < size(nums); ++j) {
if (j != i + 1 && nums[j] == nums[j - 1]) {
continue;
}
const auto& total = target - nums[i] - nums[j];
int left = j + 1, right = size(nums) - 1;
while (left < right) {
if (nums[left] + nums[right] == total) {
result.push_back({nums[i], nums[j], nums[left], nums[right]});
++left, --right;
while (left < right && nums[left] == nums[left - 1]) {
++left;
}
while (left < right && nums[right] == nums[right + 1]) {
--right;
}
} else {
if (nums[left] + nums[right] > total) {
--right;
} else {
++left;
}
}
}
}
}
return result;
}
};