您的位置:首页 > Web前端

Valid Perfect Square

2016-08-18 05:14 381 查看
Given a positive integer num, write a function which returns True if num is a perfect square else False.

Note: Do not use any built-in library function such as 
sqrt
.

Example 1:
Input: 16
Returns: True


Example 2:
Input: 14
Returns: False


Credits:

Special thanks to @elmirap for adding this problem and creating all test cases.
思路:在binary search time out的情况下,还有另外一种收缩上限的方法,那就是num/i,搜索1到sqrt(num)的上线,这里并没有用sqrt,而是用了除法。很巧妙。
i<=num/i, 实际上i的取值范围是1~ sqrt(num);

public class Solution {
public boolean isPerfectSquare(int num) {
if(num < 0) return false;
if(num == 0 || num == 1) return true;
for(int i=1; i<= num/i; i++){
if( i*i == num) return true;
}
return false;
}
}

Binary Search, timeout.
public class Solution {
public boolean isPerfectSquare(int num) {
if(num < 0) return false;
int start =0; int end = num;
while(start <= end) {
int mid = start+(end-start)/2;
if(mid*mid == num) {
return true;
} else if( mid*mid > num){
end = mid-1;
} else {
start = mid+1;
}
}
return false;
}
}
内容来自用户分享和网络整理,不保证内容的准确性,如有侵权内容,可联系管理员处理 点击这里给我发消息
标签: