Print a given matrix in spiral form
Given a 2D array, print it in spiral form.
Examples:
Input: {{1, 2, 3, 4},
{5, 6, 7, 8},
{9, 10, 11, 12},
{13, 14, 15, 16 }}
Output: 1 2 3 4 8 12 16 15 14 13 9 5 6 7 11 10
Explanation: The output is matrix in spiral format.Input: { {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6},
{7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12},
{13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18}}Output: 1 2 3 4 5 6 12 18 17 16 15 14 13 7 8 9 10 11
Explanation: The output is matrix in spiral format.
Print a given matrix in spiral form using the simulation approach:
To solve the problem follow the below idea:
Draw the path that the spiral makes. We know that the path should turn clockwise whenever it would go out of bounds or into a cell that was previously visited
Follow the given steps to solve the problem:
- Let the array have R rows and C columns
- seen[r] denotes that the cell on the r-th row and c-th column was previously visited. Our current position is (r, c), facing direction di, and we want to visit R x C total cells.
- As we move through the matrix, our candidate’s next position is (cr, cc).
- If the candidate is in the bounds of the matrix and unseen, then it becomes our next position; otherwise, our next position is the one after performing a clockwise turn
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
C++
// C++ program for the above approach #include <bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std; vector< int > spiralOrder(vector<vector< int > >& matrix) { int m = matrix.size(), n = matrix[0].size(); vector< int > ans; if (m == 0) return ans; vector<vector< bool > > seen(m, vector< bool >(n, false )); int dr[] = { 0, 1, 0, -1 }; int dc[] = { 1, 0, -1, 0 }; int x = 0, y = 0, di = 0; // Iterate from 0 to m * n - 1 for ( int i = 0; i < m * n; i++) { ans.push_back(matrix[x][y]); // on normal geeksforgeeks ui page it is showing // 'ans.push_back(matrix[x])' which gets copied as // this only and gives error on compilation, seen[x][y] = true ; int newX = x + dr[di]; int newY = y + dc[di]; if (0 <= newX && newX < m && 0 <= newY && newY < n && !seen[newX][newY]) { x = newX; y = newY; } else { di = (di + 1) % 4; x += dr[di]; y += dc[di]; } } return ans; } // Driver code int main() { vector<vector< int > > a{ { 1, 2, 3, 4 }, { 5, 6, 7, 8 }, { 9, 10, 11, 12 }, { 13, 14, 15, 16 } }; // Function call for ( int x : spiralOrder(a)) { cout << x << " " ; } return 0; } // This code is contributed by Yashvendra Singh |
Java
// Java program for the above approach import java.util.*; class Solution { // Function to print in spiral order public static List<Integer> spiralOrder( int [][] matrix) { List<Integer> ans = new ArrayList<Integer>(); if (matrix.length == 0 ) return ans; int m = matrix.length, n = matrix[ 0 ].length; boolean [][] seen = new boolean [m][n]; int [] dr = { 0 , 1 , 0 , - 1 }; int [] dc = { 1 , 0 , - 1 , 0 }; int x = 0 , y = 0 , di = 0 ; // Iterate from 0 to R * C - 1 for ( int i = 0 ; i < m * n; i++) { ans.add(matrix[x][y]); seen[x][y] = true ; int cr = x + dr[di]; int cc = y + dc[di]; if ( 0 <= cr && cr < m && 0 <= cc && cc < n && !seen[cr][cc]) { x = cr; y = cc; } else { di = (di + 1 ) % 4 ; x += dr[di]; y += dc[di]; } } return ans; } // Driver Code public static void main(String[] args) { int a[][] = { { 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 }, { 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 }, { 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 }, { 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 } }; // Function call System.out.println(spiralOrder(a)); } } |
Python3
# python3 program for the above approach def spiralOrder(matrix): ans = [] if ( len (matrix) = = 0 ): return ans m = len (matrix) n = len (matrix[ 0 ]) seen = [[ 0 for i in range (n)] for j in range (m)] dr = [ 0 , 1 , 0 , - 1 ] dc = [ 1 , 0 , - 1 , 0 ] x = 0 y = 0 di = 0 # Iterate from 0 to R * C - 1 for i in range (m * n): ans.append(matrix[x][y]) seen[x][y] = True cr = x + dr[di] cc = y + dc[di] if ( 0 < = cr and cr < m and 0 < = cc and cc < n and not (seen[cr][cc])): x = cr y = cc else : di = (di + 1 ) % 4 x + = dr[di] y + = dc[di] return ans # Driver code if __name__ = = "__main__" : a = [[ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ], [ 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ], [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ], [ 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ]] # Function call for x in spiralOrder(a): print (x, end = " " ) print () |
C#
// C# program for the above approach using System; using System.Collections.Generic; public class GFG { // Function to print in spiral order public static List< int > spiralOrder( int [, ] matrix) { List< int > ans = new List< int >(); if (matrix.Length == 0) return ans; int R = matrix.GetLength(0), C = matrix.GetLength(1); bool [, ] seen = new bool [R, C]; int [] dr = { 0, 1, 0, -1 }; int [] dc = { 1, 0, -1, 0 }; int r = 0, c = 0, di = 0; // Iterate from 0 to R * C - 1 for ( int i = 0; i < R * C; i++) { ans.Add(matrix[r, c]); seen[r, c] = true ; int cr = r + dr[di]; int cc = c + dc[di]; if (0 <= cr && cr < R && 0 <= cc && cc < C && !seen[cr, cc]) { r = cr; c = cc; } else { di = (di + 1) % 4; r += dr[di]; c += dc[di]; } } return ans; } // Driver Code public static void Main(String[] args) { int [, ] a = { { 1, 2, 3, 4 }, { 5, 6, 7, 8 }, { 9, 10, 11, 12 }, { 13, 14, 15, 16 } }; // Function call spiralOrder(a).ForEach(i = > Console.Write(i + " " )); } } // This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar |
Javascript
<script> // JavaScript program for the above approach // Function to print in spiral order function spiralOrder(matrix) { let ans = []; if (matrix.length == 0) return ans; let R = matrix.length, C = matrix[0].length; let seen = new Array(R); for (let i=0;i<R;i++) { seen[i]= new Array(C); for (let j=0;j<C;j++) { seen[i][j]= false ; } } let dr = [ 0, 1, 0, -1 ]; let dc = [ 1, 0, -1, 0 ]; let r = 0, c = 0, di = 0; // Iterate from 0 to R * C - 1 for (let i = 0; i < R * C; i++) { ans.push(matrix[r]); seen[r] = true ; let cr = r + dr[di]; let cc = c + dc[di]; if (0 <= cr && cr < R && 0 <= cc && cc < C && !seen[cr][cc]) { r = cr; c = cc; } else { di = (di + 1) % 4; r += dr[di]; c += dc[di]; } } return ans; } // Driver Code let a=[[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ],[ 5, 6, 7, 8 ], [ 9, 10, 11, 12 ],[ 13, 14, 15, 16 ]]; document.write(spiralOrder(a)); // This code is contributed by unknown2108 </script> |
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Time Complexity: O(N), where N is the total number of elements in the input matrix. We add every element in the matrix to our final answer
Auxiliary Space: O(N), the information stored in seen and in ans.
Print a given matrix in spiral form by dividing the matrix into cycles:
To solve the problem follow the below idea:
The problem can be solved by dividing the matrix into loops or squares or boundaries. It can be seen that the elements of the outer loop are printed first in a clockwise manner then the elements of the inner loop are printed. So printing the elements of a loop can be solved using four loops that print all the elements. Every ‘for’ loop defines a single-direction movement along with the matrix. The first for loop represents the movement from left to right, whereas the second crawl represents the movement from top to bottom, the third represents the movement from the right to left, and the fourth represents the movement from bottom to up
Follow the given steps to solve the problem:
- Create and initialize variables k – starting row index, m – ending row index, l – starting column index, n – ending column index
- Run a loop until all the squares of loops are printed.
- In each outer loop traversal print the elements of a square in a clockwise manner.
- Print the top row, i.e. Print the elements of the kth row from column index l to n, and increase the count of k.
- Print the right column, i.e. Print the last column or n-1th column from row index k to m and decrease the count of n.
- Print the bottom row, i.e. if k < m, then print the elements of the m-1th row from column n-1 to l and decrease the count of m
- Print the left column, i.e. if l < n, then print the elements of lth column from m-1th row to k and increase the count of l.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
C++
// C++ Program to print a matrix spirally #include <bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std; #define R 4 #define C 4 void spiralPrint( int m, int n, int a[R][C]) { int i, k = 0, l = 0; /* k - starting row index m - ending row index l - starting column index n - ending column index i - iterator */ while (k < m && l < n) { /* Print the first row from the remaining rows */ for (i = l; i < n; ++i) { cout << a[k][i] << " " ; } k++; /* Print the last column from the remaining columns */ for (i = k; i < m; ++i) { cout << a[i][n - 1] << " " ; } n--; /* Print the last row from the remaining rows */ if (k < m) { for (i = n - 1; i >= l; --i) { cout << a[m - 1][i] << " " ; } m--; } /* Print the first column from the remaining columns */ if (l < n) { for (i = m - 1; i >= k; --i) { cout << a[i][l] << " " ; } l++; } } } /* Driver Code */ int main() { int a[R][C] = { { 1, 2, 3, 4 }, { 5, 6, 7, 8 }, { 9, 10, 11, 12 }, { 13, 14, 15, 16 } }; // Function Call spiralPrint(R, C, a); return 0; } // This is code is contributed by rathbhupendra |
C
// C program to print the array in a // spiral form #include <stdio.h> #define R 4 #define C 4 void spiralPrint( int m, int n, int a[R][C]) { int i, k = 0, l = 0; /* k - starting row index m - ending row index l - starting column index n - ending column index i - iterator */ while (k < m && l < n) { /* Print the first row from the remaining rows */ for (i = l; i < n; ++i) { printf ( "%d " , a[k][i]); } k++; /* Print the last column from the remaining columns */ for (i = k; i < m; ++i) { printf ( "%d " , a[i][n - 1]); } n--; /* Print the last row from the remaining rows */ if (k < m) { for (i = n - 1; i >= l; --i) { printf ( "%d " , a[m - 1][i]); } m--; } /* Print the first column from the remaining columns */ if (l < n) { for (i = m - 1; i >= k; --i) { printf ( "%d " , a[i][l]); } l++; } } } /* Driver Code */ int main() { int a[R][C] = { { 1, 2, 3, 4 }, { 5, 6, 7, 8 }, { 9, 10, 11, 12 }, { 13, 14, 15, 16 } }; // Function Call spiralPrint(R, C, a); return 0; } |
Java
// Java program to print a given matrix in spiral form import java.io.*; class GFG { // Function print matrix in spiral form static void spiralPrint( int m, int n, int a[][]) { int i, k = 0 , l = 0 ; /* k - starting row index m - ending row index l - starting column index n - ending column index i - iterator */ while (k < m && l < n) { // Print the first row from the remaining rows for (i = l; i < n; ++i) { System.out.print(a[k][i] + " " ); } k++; // Print the last column from the remaining // columns for (i = k; i < m; ++i) { System.out.print(a[i][n - 1 ] + " " ); } n--; // Print the last row from the remaining rows */ if (k < m) { for (i = n - 1 ; i >= l; --i) { System.out.print(a[m - 1 ][i] + " " ); } m--; } // Print the first column from the remaining // columns */ if (l < n) { for (i = m - 1 ; i >= k; --i) { System.out.print(a[i][l] + " " ); } l++; } } } // Driver Code public static void main(String[] args) { int R = 4 ; int C = 4 ; int a[][] = { { 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 }, { 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 }, { 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 }, { 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 } }; // Function Call spiralPrint(R, C, a); } } // Contributed by Pramod Kumar |
Python3
# Python3 program to print # given matrix in spiral form def spiralPrint(m, n, a): k = 0 l = 0 ''' k - starting row index m - ending row index l - starting column index n - ending column index i - iterator ''' while (k < m and l < n): # Print the first row from # the remaining rows for i in range (l, n): print (a[k][i], end = " " ) k + = 1 # Print the last column from # the remaining columns for i in range (k, m): print (a[i][n - 1 ], end = " " ) n - = 1 # Print the last row from # the remaining rows if (k < m): for i in range (n - 1 , (l - 1 ), - 1 ): print (a[m - 1 ][i], end = " " ) m - = 1 # Print the first column from # the remaining columns if (l < n): for i in range (m - 1 , k - 1 , - 1 ): print (a[i][l], end = " " ) l + = 1 # Driver Code a = [[ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ], [ 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ], [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ], [ 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ]] R = 4 C = 4 # Function Call spiralPrint(R, C, a) # This code is contributed by Nikita Tiwari. |
C#
// C# program to print a given // matrix in spiral form using System; class GFG { // Function print matrix in spiral form static void spiralPrint( int m, int n, int [, ] a) { int i, k = 0, l = 0; /* k - starting row index m - ending row index l - starting column index n - ending column index i - iterator */ while (k < m && l < n) { // Print the first row // from the remaining rows for (i = l; i < n; ++i) { Console.Write(a[k, i] + " " ); } k++; // Print the last column from the // remaining columns for (i = k; i < m; ++i) { Console.Write(a[i, n - 1] + " " ); } n--; // Print the last row from // the remaining rows if (k < m) { for (i = n - 1; i >= l; --i) { Console.Write(a[m - 1, i] + " " ); } m--; } // Print the first column from // the remaining columns if (l < n) { for (i = m - 1; i >= k; --i) { Console.Write(a[i, l] + " " ); } l++; } } } // Driver Code public static void Main() { int R = 4; int C = 4; int [, ] a = { { 1, 2, 3, 4 }, { 5, 6, 7, 8 }, { 9, 10, 11, 12 }, { 13, 14, 15, 16 } }; // Function Call spiralPrint(R, C, a); } } // This code is contributed by Sam007 |
PHP
<?php // PHP program to print a given // matrix in spiral form $R = 4; $C = 4; function spiralPrint( $m , $n , & $a ) { $k = 0; $l = 0; /* $k - starting row index $m - ending row index $l - starting column index $n - ending column index $i - iterator */ while ( $k < $m && $l < $n ) { /* Print the first row from the remaining rows */ for ( $i = $l ; $i < $n ; ++ $i ) { echo $a [ $k ][ $i ] . " " ; } $k ++; /* Print the last column from the remaining columns */ for ( $i = $k ; $i < $m ; ++ $i ) { echo $a [ $i ][ $n - 1] . " " ; } $n --; /* Print the last row from the remaining rows */ if ( $k < $m ) { for ( $i = $n - 1; $i >= $l ; -- $i ) { echo $a [ $m - 1][ $i ] . " " ; } $m --; } /* Print the first column from the remaining columns */ if ( $l < $n ) { for ( $i = $m - 1; $i >= $k ; -- $i ) { echo $a [ $i ][ $l ] . " " ; } $l ++; } } } // Driver code $a = array ( array (1, 2, 3, 4), array (5, 6, 7, 8), array (9, 10, 11, 12), array (13, 14, 15, 16)); // Function Call spiralPrint( $R , $C , $a ); // This code is contributed // by ChitraNayal ?> |
Javascript
<script> // JavaScript Program to print a matrix spirally function spiralPrint(m, n, arr) { let i, k = 0, l = 0; /* k - starting row index m - ending row index l - starting column index n - ending column index i - iterator */ while (k < m && l < n) { // print the first row from the remaining rows for (i = l; i < n; ++i) { document.write(arr[k][i] + ' ' ); } k++; // print the last column from the remaining columns for (i = k; i < m; ++i) { document.write(arr[i][n - 1] + ' ' ); } n--; // print the last row from the remaining rows if (k < m) { for (i = n - 1; i >= l; --i) { document.write(arr[m - 1][i] + ' ' ); } m--; } // print the first column from the remaining columns if (l < n) { for (i = m - 1; i >= k; --i) { document.write(arr[i][l] + ' ' ); } l++; } } } // function call let arr = [[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ], [ 5, 6, 7, 8 ], [ 9, 10, 11, 12 ], [ 13, 14, 15, 16 ]]; let r = arr.length; let c = arr[0].length; spiralPrint(r, c, arr); // This code is contributed by karthiksrinivasprasad </script> |
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Time Complexity: O(M*N). To traverse the matrix O(M*M) time is required.
Auxiliary Space: O(1). No extra space is required.
Print a given matrix in a spiral using recursion:
To solve the problem follow the below idea:
The above problem can be solved by printing the boundary of the Matrix recursively. In each recursive call, we decrease the dimensions of the matrix. The idea of printing the boundary or loops is the same
Follow the given steps to solve the problem:
- create a recursive function that takes a matrix and some variables (k – starting row index, m – ending row index, l – starting column index, n – ending column index) as parameters
- Check the base cases (starting index is less than or equal to the ending index) and print the boundary elements in a clockwise manner
- Print the top row, i.e. Print the elements of the kth row from column index l to n, and increase the count of k
- Print the right column, i.e. Print the last column or n-1th column from row index k to m and decrease the count of n
- Print the bottom row, i.e. if k > m, then print the elements of m-1th row from column n-1 to l and decrease the count of m
- Print the left column, i.e. if l < n, then print the elements of the lth column from m-1th row to k and increase the count of l
- Call the function recursively with the values of starting and ending indices of rows and columns
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
C++
// C++. program for the above approach #include <bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std; #define R 4 #define C 4 // Function for printing matrix in spiral // form i, j: Start index of matrix, row // and column respectively m, n: End index // of matrix row and column respectively void print( int arr[R][C], int i, int j, int m, int n) { // If i or j lies outside the matrix if (i >= m or j >= n) return ; // Print First Row for ( int p = j; p < n; p++) cout << arr[i][p] << " " ; // Print Last Column for ( int p = i + 1; p < m; p++) cout << arr[p][n - 1] << " " ; // Print Last Row, if Last and // First Row are not same if ((m - 1) != i) for ( int p = n - 2; p >= j; p--) cout << arr[m - 1][p] << " " ; // Print First Column, if Last and // First Column are not same if ((n - 1) != j) for ( int p = m - 2; p > i; p--) cout << arr[p][j] << " " ; print(arr, i + 1, j + 1, m - 1, n - 1); } // Driver Code int main() { int a[R][C] = { { 1, 2, 3, 4 }, { 5, 6, 7, 8 }, { 9, 10, 11, 12 }, { 13, 14, 15, 16 } }; // Function Call print(a, 0, 0, R, C); return 0; } // This Code is contributed by Ankur Goel |
Java
// Java program for the above approach import java.util.*; class GFG { static int R = 4 ; static int C = 4 ; // Function for printing matrix in spiral // form i, j: Start index of matrix, row // and column respectively m, n: End index // of matrix row and column respectively static void print( int arr[][], int i, int j, int m, int n) { // If i or j lies outside the matrix if (i >= m || j >= n) { return ; } // Print First Row for ( int p = i; p < n; p++) { System.out.print(arr[i][p] + " " ); } // Print Last Column for ( int p = i + 1 ; p < m; p++) { System.out.print(arr[p][n - 1 ] + " " ); } // Print Last Row, if Last and // First Row are not same if ((m - 1 ) != i) { for ( int p = n - 2 ; p >= j; p--) { System.out.print(arr[m - 1 ][p] + " " ); } } // Print First Column, if Last and // First Column are not same if ((n - 1 ) != j) { for ( int p = m - 2 ; p > i; p--) { System.out.print(arr[p][j] + " " ); } } print(arr, i + 1 , j + 1 , m - 1 , n - 1 ); } // Driver Code public static void main(String[] args) { int a[][] = { { 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 }, { 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 }, { 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 }, { 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 } }; // Function Call print(a, 0 , 0 , R, C); } } // This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar |
Python3
# Python3 program for the above approach # Function for printing matrix in spiral # form i, j: Start index of matrix, row # and column respectively m, n: End index # of matrix row and column respectively def printdata(arr, i, j, m, n): # If i or j lies outside the matrix if (i > = m or j > = n): return # Print First Row for p in range (i, n): print (arr[i][p], end = " " ) # Print Last Column for p in range (i + 1 , m): print (arr[p][n - 1 ], end = " " ) # Print Last Row, if Last and # First Row are not same if ((m - 1 ) ! = i): for p in range (n - 2 , j - 1 , - 1 ): print (arr[m - 1 ][p], end = " " ) # Print First Column, if Last and # First Column are not same if ((n - 1 ) ! = j): for p in range (m - 2 , i, - 1 ): print (arr[p][j], end = " " ) printdata(arr, i + 1 , j + 1 , m - 1 , n - 1 ) # Driver code if __name__ = = "__main__" : R = 4 C = 4 arr = [[ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ], [ 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ], [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ], [ 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ]] # Function Call printdata(arr, 0 , 0 , R, C) # This code is contributed by avsadityavardhan |
C#
// C# program for the above approach using System; class GFG { static int R = 4; static int C = 4; // Function for printing matrix in spiral // form i, j: Start index of matrix, row // and column respectively m, n: End index // of matrix row and column respectively static void print( int [, ] arr, int i, int j, int m, int n) { // If i or j lies outside the matrix if (i >= m || j >= n) { return ; } // Print First Row for ( int p = i; p < n; p++) { Console.Write(arr[i, p] + " " ); } // Print Last Column for ( int p = i + 1; p < m; p++) { Console.Write(arr[p, n - 1] + " " ); } // Print Last Row, if Last and // First Row are not same if ((m - 1) != i) { for ( int p = n - 2; p >= j; p--) { Console.Write(arr[m - 1, p] + " " ); } } // Print First Column, if Last and // First Column are not same if ((n - 1) != j) { for ( int p = m - 2; p > i; p--) { Console.Write(arr[p, j] + " " ); } } print(arr, i + 1, j + 1, m - 1, n - 1); } // Driver Code public static void Main(String[] args) { int [, ] a = { { 1, 2, 3, 4 }, { 5, 6, 7, 8 }, { 9, 10, 11, 12 }, { 13, 14, 15, 16 } }; // Function Call print(a, 0, 0, R, C); } } // This code is contributed by Princi Singh |
Javascript
<script> // JavaScript program for the above approach // Function for printing matrix in spiral // form i, j: Start index of matrix, row // and column respectively m, n: End index // of matrix row and column respectively function print(arr, i, j, m, n) { // If i or j lies outside the matrix if (i >= m || j >= n) return ; // Print First Row for (let p = j; p < n; p++) { document.write(arr[i][p] + ' ' ) } // Print Last Column for (let p = i + 1; p < m; p++) { document.write(arr[p][n - 1] + ' ' ) } // Print Last Row, if Last and // First Row are not same if ((m - 1) != i) { for (let p = n - 2; p >= j; p--) { document.write(arr[m - 1][p] + ' ' ); } } // Print First Column, if Last and // First Column are not same if ((n - 1) != j) { for (let p = m - 2; p > i; p--) { document.write(arr[p][j] + ' ' ); } } print(arr, i + 1, j + 1, m - 1, n - 1) } // function call let arr = [ [1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8], [9, 10, 11, 12], [13, 14, 15, 16] ]; let r = arr.length; let c = arr[0].length; print(arr, 0, 0, r, c); // This code is contributed by karthiksrinivasprasad </script> |
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Time Complexity: O(M*N). To traverse the matrix O(m*n) time is required.
Auxiliary Space: O(1). No extra space is required.
Print a given matrix in spiral using DFS:
To solve the problem follow the below idea:
Another recursive approach is to consider DFS movement within the matrix (right->down->left->up->right->..->end). We do this by modifying the matrix itself such that when DFS algorithm visits each matrix cell it’s changed to a value which cannot be contained within the matrix. The DFS algorithm is terminated when it visits a cell such that all of its surrounding cells are already visited. The direction of the DFS search is controlled by a variable.
Follow the given steps to solve the problem:
- create a DFS function that takes matrix, cell indices, and direction
- checks are cell indices pointing to a valid cell (that is, not visited and in bounds)? if not, skip this cell
- print cell value
- mark matrix cell pointed by indicates as visited by changing it to a value not supported in the matrix
- check are surrounding cells valid? if not stop the algorithm, else continue
- if the direction is given right then check, if the cell to the right is valid. if so, DFS to the right cell given the steps above, else, change the direction to down and DFS downwards given the steps above
- else, if the direction given is down then check, if the cell to the down is valid. if so, DFS to the cell below given the steps above, else, change the direction to left and DFS leftwards given the steps above
- else, if the direction given is left then check, if the cell to the left is valid. if so, DFS to the left cell given the steps above, else, change the direction to up and DFS upwards given the steps above
- else, if the direction given is up then check, if the cell to the up is valid. if so, DFS to the upper cell given the steps above, else, change the direction to right and DFS rightwards given the steps above
Below is an implementation of the above approach:
C++
// C++ program for the above approach #include <bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std; #define R 4 #define C 4 bool isInBounds( int i, int j) { if (i < 0 || i >= R || j < 0 || j >= C) return false ; return true ; } // check if the position is blocked bool isBlocked( int matrix[R][C], int i, int j) { if (!isInBounds(i, j)) return true ; if (matrix[i][j] == -1) return true ; return false ; } // DFS code to traverse spirally void spirallyDFSTraverse( int matrix[R][C], int i, int j, int dir, vector< int >& res) { if (isBlocked(matrix, i, j)) return ; bool allBlocked = true ; for ( int k = -1; k <= 1; k += 2) { allBlocked = allBlocked && isBlocked(matrix, k + i, j) && isBlocked(matrix, i, j + k); } res.push_back(matrix[i][j]); matrix[i][j] = -1; if (allBlocked) { return ; } // dir: 0 - right, 1 - down, 2 - left, 3 - up int nxt_i = i; int nxt_j = j; int nxt_dir = dir; if (dir == 0) { if (!isBlocked(matrix, i, j + 1)) { nxt_j++; } else { nxt_dir = 1; nxt_i++; } } else if (dir == 1) { if (!isBlocked(matrix, i + 1, j)) { nxt_i++; } else { nxt_dir = 2; nxt_j--; } } else if (dir == 2) { if (!isBlocked(matrix, i, j - 1)) { nxt_j--; } else { nxt_dir = 3; nxt_i--; } } else if (dir == 3) { if (!isBlocked(matrix, i - 1, j)) { nxt_i--; } else { nxt_dir = 0; nxt_j++; } } spirallyDFSTravserse(matrix, nxt_i, nxt_j, nxt_dir, res); } // To traverse spirally vector< int > spirallyTraverse( int matrix[R][C]) { vector< int > res; spirallyDFSTravserse(matrix, 0, 0, 0, res); return res; } // Driver Code int main() { int a[R][C] = { { 1, 2, 3, 4 }, { 5, 6, 7, 8 }, { 9, 10, 11, 12 }, { 13, 14, 15, 16 } }; // Function Call vector< int > res = spirallyTraverse(a); int size = res.size(); for ( int i = 0; i < size; ++i) cout << res[i] << " " ; cout << endl; return 0; } // code contributed by Ephi F |
Java
// Java program for the above approach import java.io.*; import java.util.*; class GFG { public static int R = 4 , C = 4 ; public static boolean isInBounds( int i, int j) { if (i < 0 || i >= R || j < 0 || j >= C) return false ; return true ; } // check if the position is blocked public static boolean isBlocked( int [][] matrix, int i, int j) { if (!isInBounds(i, j)) return true ; if (matrix[i][j] == - 1 ) return true ; return false ; } // DFS code to traverse spirally public static void spirallyDFSTraverse( int [][] matrix, int i, int j, int dir, ArrayList<Integer> res) { if (isBlocked(matrix, i, j)) return ; boolean allBlocked = true ; for ( int k = - 1 ; k <= 1 ; k += 2 ) { allBlocked = allBlocked && isBlocked(matrix, k + i, j) && isBlocked(matrix, i, j + k); } res.add(matrix[i][j]); matrix[i][j] = - 1 ; if (allBlocked) { return ; } // dir: 0 - right, 1 - down, 2 - left, 3 - up int nxt_i = i; int nxt_j = j; int nxt_dir = dir; if (dir == 0 ) { if (!isBlocked(matrix, i, j + 1 )) { nxt_j++; } else { nxt_dir = 1 ; nxt_i++; } } else if (dir == 1 ) { if (!isBlocked(matrix, i + 1 , j)) { nxt_i++; } else { nxt_dir = 2 ; nxt_j--; } } else if (dir == 2 ) { if (!isBlocked(matrix, i, j - 1 )) { nxt_j--; } else { nxt_dir = 3 ; nxt_i--; } } else if (dir == 3 ) { if (!isBlocked(matrix, i - 1 , j)) { nxt_i--; } else { nxt_dir = 0 ; nxt_j++; } } spirallyDFSTravserse(matrix, nxt_i, nxt_j, nxt_dir, res); } // to traverse spirally public static ArrayList<Integer> spirallyTraverse( int [][] matrix) { ArrayList<Integer> res = new ArrayList<Integer>(); spirallyDFSTravserse(matrix, 0 , 0 , 0 , res); return res; } // Driver code public static void main(String[] args) { int a[][] = { { 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 }, { 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 }, { 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 }, { 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 } }; // Function Call ArrayList<Integer> res = spirallyTraverse(a); int size = res.size(); for ( int i = 0 ; i < size; ++i) System.out.print(res.get(i) + " " ); System.out.println(); } } // This code is contributed by Manu Pathria |
Python3
# Python3 program for the above approach R = 4 C = 4 def isInBounds(i, j): global R global C if (i < 0 or i > = R or j < 0 or j > = C): return False return True # Check if the position is blocked def isBlocked(matrix, i, j): if ( not isInBounds(i, j)): return True if (matrix[i][j] = = - 1 ): return True return False # DFS code to traverse spirally def spirallyDFSTraverse(matrix, i, j, Dir , res): if (isBlocked(matrix, i, j)): return allBlocked = True for k in range ( - 1 , 2 , 2 ): allBlocked = allBlocked and isBlocked( matrix, k + i, j) and isBlocked(matrix, i, j + k) res.append(matrix[i][j]) matrix[i][j] = - 1 if (allBlocked): return # dir: 0 - right, 1 - down, 2 - left, 3 - up nxt_i = i nxt_j = j nxt_dir = Dir if ( Dir = = 0 ): if ( not isBlocked(matrix, i, j + 1 )): nxt_j + = 1 else : nxt_dir = 1 nxt_i + = 1 elif ( Dir = = 1 ): if ( not isBlocked(matrix, i + 1 , j)): nxt_i + = 1 else : nxt_dir = 2 nxt_j - = 1 elif ( Dir = = 2 ): if ( not isBlocked(matrix, i, j - 1 )): nxt_j - = 1 else : nxt_dir = 3 nxt_i - = 1 elif ( Dir = = 3 ): if ( not isBlocked(matrix, i - 1 , j)): nxt_i - = 1 else : nxt_dir = 0 nxt_j + = 1 spirallyDFSTravserse(matrix, nxt_i, nxt_j, nxt_dir, res) # To traverse spirally def spirallyTraverse(matrix): res = [] spirallyDFSTravserse(matrix, 0 , 0 , 0 , res) return res # Driver code if __name__ = = "__main__" : a = [[ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ], [ 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ], [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ], [ 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ]] # Function Call res = spirallyTraverse(a) print ( * res) # This code is contributed by rag2127 |
C#
// C# program for the above approach using System; using System.Collections.Generic; class GFG { public static int R = 4, C = 4; public static bool isInBounds( int i, int j) { if (i < 0 || i >= R || j < 0 || j >= C) return false ; return true ; } // Check if the position is blocked public static bool isBlocked( int [, ] matrix, int i, int j) { if (!isInBounds(i, j)) return true ; if (matrix[i, j] == -1) return true ; return false ; } // DFS code to traverse spirally public static void spirallyDFSTraverse( int [, ] matrix, int i, int j, int dir, List< int > res) { if (isBlocked(matrix, i, j)) return ; bool allBlocked = true ; for ( int k = -1; k <= 1; k += 2) { allBlocked = allBlocked && isBlocked(matrix, k + i, j) && isBlocked(matrix, i, j + k); } res.Add(matrix[i, j]); matrix[i, j] = -1; if (allBlocked) { return ; } // dir: 0 - right, 1 - down, 2 - left, 3 - up int nxt_i = i; int nxt_j = j; int nxt_dir = dir; if (dir == 0) { if (!isBlocked(matrix, i, j + 1)) { nxt_j++; } else { nxt_dir = 1; nxt_i++; } } else if (dir == 1) { if (!isBlocked(matrix, i + 1, j)) { nxt_i++; } else { nxt_dir = 2; nxt_j--; } } else if (dir == 2) { if (!isBlocked(matrix, i, j - 1)) { nxt_j--; } else { nxt_dir = 3; nxt_i--; } } else if (dir == 3) { if (!isBlocked(matrix, i - 1, j)) { nxt_i--; } else { nxt_dir = 0; nxt_j++; } } spirallyDFSTravserse(matrix, nxt_i, nxt_j, nxt_dir, res); } // To traverse spirally public static List< int > spirallyTraverse( int [, ] matrix) { List< int > res = new List< int >(); spirallyDFSTravserse(matrix, 0, 0, 0, res); return res; } // Driver code static public void Main() { int [, ] a = { { 1, 2, 3, 4 }, { 5, 6, 7, 8 }, { 9, 10, 11, 12 }, { 13, 14, 15, 16 } }; // Function Call List< int > res = spirallyTraverse(a); int size = res.Count; for ( int i = 0; i < size; ++i) Console.Write(res[i] + " " ); Console.WriteLine(); } } // This code is contributed by avanitrachhadiya2155 |
Javascript
<script> var R = 4, C = 4; function isInBounds(i, j) { if (i < 0 || i >= R || j < 0 || j >= C) return false ; return true ; } // Check if the position is blocked function isBlocked(matrix, i, j) { if (!isInBounds(i, j)) return true ; if (matrix[i][j] == -1) return true ; return false ; } // DFS code to traverse spirally function spirallyDFSTraverse(matrix, i, j, dir, res) { if (isBlocked(matrix, i, j)) return ; var allBlocked = true ; for ( var k = -1; k <= 1; k += 2) { allBlocked = allBlocked && isBlocked(matrix, k + i, j) && isBlocked(matrix, i, j + k); } res.push(matrix[i][j]); matrix[i][j] = -1; if (allBlocked) { return ; } // dir: 0 - right, 1 - down, 2 - left, 3 - up var nxt_i = i; var nxt_j = j; var nxt_dir = dir; if (dir == 0) { if (!isBlocked(matrix, i, j + 1)) { nxt_j++; } else { nxt_dir = 1; nxt_i++; } } else if (dir == 1) { if (!isBlocked(matrix, i + 1, j)) { nxt_i++; } else { nxt_dir = 2; nxt_j--; } } else if (dir == 2) { if (!isBlocked(matrix, i, j - 1)) { nxt_j--; } else { nxt_dir = 3; nxt_i--; } } else if (dir == 3) { if (!isBlocked(matrix, i - 1, j)) { nxt_i--; } else { nxt_dir = 0; nxt_j++; } } spirallyDFSTravserse(matrix, nxt_i, nxt_j, nxt_dir, res); } // To traverse spirally function spirallyTraverse(matrix) { var res = []; spirallyDFSTravserse(matrix, 0, 0, 0, res); return res; } // Driver code var a = [ [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ], [ 5, 6, 7, 8 ], [ 9, 10, 11, 12 ], [ 13, 14, 15, 16 ]]; // Function Call var res = spirallyTraverse(a); var size = res.length; for ( var i = 0; i < size; ++i) document.write(res[i] + " " ); </script> |
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Time Complexity: O(M*N). To traverse the matrix O(M*N) time is required.
Auxiliary Space: O(1). No extra space is required (without consideration of the stack used by the recursion).
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