LeetCode - 4Sum

题目：

Given an array S of n integers, are there elements a, b, c, and d in S such that a + b + c + d = target? Find all unique quadruplets in the array which gives the sum of target.

Note:
Elements in a quadruplet (a,b,c,d) must be in non-descending order. (ie, a ≤ b ≤ c ≤ d)
The solution set must not contain duplicate quadruplets.
For example, given array S = {1 0 -1 0 -2 2}, and target = 0.
A solution set is:
(-1, 0, 0, 1)
(-2, -1, 1, 2)
(-2, 0, 0, 2)

题目：

延续3sum和2sum的思路，不断往下找，注意排除重复的元素。

package sum;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class FourSum {

public List<List<Integer>> fourSum(int[] nums, int target) {
int len;
List<List<Integer>> res = new ArrayList<List<Integer>>();
if (nums == null || (len = nums.length) < 4) return res;
Arrays.sort(nums);
for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
List<Integer> subRes = new ArrayList<Integer>();
subRes.add(nums[i]);
getOtherThree(res, subRes, nums, i + 1, len, target);
while (i + 1 < len && nums[i + 1] == nums[i]) ++i;
}

return res;
}

private void getOtherThree(List<List<Integer>> res, List<Integer> subRes, int[] nums, int start, int len, int target) {
for (int i = start; i < len; ++i) {
List<Integer> copySubRes = new ArrayList<Integer>(subRes);
copySubRes.add(nums[i]);
getOtherTwo(res, copySubRes, nums, i + 1, len, target);
while (i + 1 < len && nums[i + 1] == nums[i]) ++i;
}
}

private void getOtherTwo(List<List<Integer>> res, List<Integer> subRes, int[] nums, int start, int len, int target) {
int sum = 0;
for (int i : subRes) sum += i;
int rem = target - sum;

int left = start;
int right = len - 1;
while (left < right) {
if (nums[left] + nums[right] == rem) {
List<Integer> copySubRes = new ArrayList<Integer>(subRes);
copySubRes.add(nums[left]);
copySubRes.add(nums[right]);
res.add(copySubRes);
do { ++left; } while (left < len && nums[left - 1] == nums[left]);
do { --right; } while (right >=0 && nums[right + 1] == nums[right]);
} else if (nums[left] + nums[right] < rem) {
++left;
} else {
--right;
}
}
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
int[] nums = { 0,0,4,-2,-3,-2,-2,-3 };
FourSum f = new FourSum();
List<List<Integer>> res = f.fourSum(nums, -1);
for (List<Integer> l : res) {
for (int i : l)
System.out.print(i + "\t");
System.out.println();
}
}

}