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 will tell you whether the number I picked is higher or lower than your guess.
You call a pre-defined API int guess(int num), which returns three possible results:
-1: Your guess is higher than the number I picked (i.e. num > pick).
1: Your guess is lower than the number I picked (i.e. num < pick).
0: your guess is equal to the number I picked (i.e. num == pick).
Return the number that I picked.
Example 1:
Input: n = 10, pick = 6
Output: 6
Example 2:
Input: n = 1, pick = 1
Output: 1
Example 3:
Input: n = 2, pick = 1
Output: 1
Constraints:
1 <= n <= 231 - 1
1 <= pick <= n
https://leetcode.cn/problems/guess-number-higher-or-lower/description/
方法一:二分查找
记选出的数字为 pick,猜测的数字为 x。根据题目描述,若 guess(x)≤0 则说明 x≥pick,否则 x<pick。
根据这一性质我们可以使用二分查找来求出答案 pick。
二分时,记当前区间为 [left,right],初始时 left=1,right=n。记区间中间元素为 mid,若有 guess(mid)≤0 则说明 pick∈[left,mid],否则 pick∈[mid+1,right]。当区间左右端点相同时,则说明我们找到了答案,退出循环。
class Solution:def guessNumber(self, n: int) -> int:left, right = 1, nwhile left < right:mid = (left + right) // 2if guess(mid) <= 0:right = mid # 答案在区间 [left, mid] 中else:left = mid + 1 # 答案在区间 [mid+1, right] 中# 此时有 left == right,区间缩为一个点,即为答案return left