058 Spiral Matrix II.py

"""
Given an integer n, generate a square matrix filled with elements from 1 to n2 in spiral order.

For example,
Given n = 3,

You should return the following matrix:
[
 [ 1, 2, 3 ],
 [ 8, 9, 4 ],
 [ 7, 6, 5 ]
]
"""
__author__ = 'Danyang'
class Solution:
    def generateMatrix(self, n):
        """
        algorithm: array
        :param n: Integer
        :return: a list of lists of integer
        """
        left = 0
        right = n-1 # [0, n)
        top = 0
        bottom = n-1  # [0, n)

        result = [[-1 for _ in xrange(n)] for _ in xrange(n)]
        num = 1
        while left<=right and top<=bottom:
            for i in xrange(left, right+1):  # tuning ending condition
                result[top][i] = num
                num += 1
            for i in xrange(top+1, bottom):
                result[i][right] = num
                num += 1

            for i in xrange(right, left, -1):
                result[bottom][i] = num
                num += 1
            for i in xrange(bottom, top, -1):
                result[i][left] = num
                num += 1

            left += 1
            right -= 1
            top += 1
            bottom -= 1

        return result

if __name__=="__main__":
    result = Solution().generateMatrix(4)
    for row in result:
        print row