saddleback_search.cpp

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#include <cassert>   
#include <cstdint>
#include <iostream>  
#include <vector>    
 
namespace search {
namespace saddleback {
std::pair<uint32_t, uint32_t> saddleback(
    std::vector<std::vector<int32_t>> matrix, int32_t element) {
    uint32_t left_index = 0;
    uint32_t right_index = matrix[0].size() - 1;  // Start from top right corner
    while (left_index <
           matrix.size()) {  // Exit once the value of indexes get out of range.
        if (element ==
            matrix[left_index]
                  [right_index]) {  // If value on this position of matrix is
                                    // equal to element, return (row, column).
            return std::make_pair(left_index + 1, right_index + 1);
        } else if (element >
                   matrix[left_index]
                         [right_index]) {  // Else if value on this position of
                                           // matrix is less than the element,
                                           // move left.
            ++left_index;
        } else if (element <
                   matrix[left_index]
                         [right_index]) {  // Else if value on this position of
                                           // matrix is greater than the
                                           // element, move down.
            if (!right_index)
                break;
            else
                --right_index;
        }
    }
    return std::make_pair(
        0, 0);  // If the program reaches here, that means one of the index
                // went out of index, hence no element present.
}
}  // namespace saddleback
}  // namespace search
 
static void test() {
    std::vector<std::vector<int32_t>> matrix = {{1, 10, 100, 1000, 10000},
                                                {2, 20, 200, 2000, 20000},
                                                {3, 30, 300, 3000, 30000},
                                                {4, 40, 400, 4000, 40000},
                                                {5, 50, 500, 5000, 50000}};
 
    std::pair<uint32_t, uint32_t> not_found = std::make_pair(0, 0);
    std::pair<uint32_t, uint32_t> test_answer;
    // Test 1
    std::pair<uint32_t, uint32_t> answer1 =
        search::saddleback::saddleback(matrix, 123);
    assert(not_found == answer1);
    // Test 2
    answer1 = search::saddleback::saddleback(matrix, 0);
    assert(not_found == answer1);
    // Test 3
    answer1 = search::saddleback::saddleback(matrix, 1);
    test_answer = std::make_pair(1, 1);
    assert(test_answer == answer1);
    // Test 4
    answer1 = search::saddleback::saddleback(matrix, 50000);
    test_answer = std::make_pair(5, 5);
    assert(test_answer == answer1);
    // Test 5
    answer1 = search::saddleback::saddleback(matrix, 300);
    test_answer = std::make_pair(3, 3);
    assert(test_answer == answer1);
}
 
int main() {
    test();  // execute the tests
    return 0;
}