Given an array S of n integers, are there elements a, b, c in S such that a + b + c = 0? Find all unique triplets in the array which gives the sum of zero.
Note: The solution set must not contain duplicate triplets.
For example, given array S = [-1, 0, 1, 2, -1, -4],
A solution set is:
[
[-1, 0, 1],
[-1, -1, 2]
]
/*
The naive way is to search every three-element pair, to check if the sum equals to 0.
time:O(n^3), space:O(1)
The better way is to use two pointers to do optimization, for some pairs can be directly skipped.
time:O(n^2), space:O(1)
*/
public class Solution {
public List<List<Integer>> threeSum(int[] nums) {
List<List<Integer>> ans = new ArrayList<List<Integer>>();
if (nums == null || nums.length < 3) {
return ans;
}
Arrays.sort(nums);
for(int i = 0; i < nums.length - 2 && nums[i] <= 0; i++) {
if(i > 0 && nums[i-1] == nums[i]) {
continue;
}
int left = i + 1;
int right = nums.length - 1;
while (left < right) {
int sum = nums[i] + nums[left] + nums[right];
if (sum < 0) {
left++;
} else if (sum > 0) {
right--;
} else {
List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<Integer>();
list.add(nums[i]);
list.add(nums[left]);
list.add(nums[right]);
ans.add(list);
left++;
right--;
while (left < right && nums[right] ==
nums[right + 1]) {
right--;
}
while (left < right && nums[left] ==
nums[left - 1]) {
left++;
}
}
}
}
return ans;
}
}
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