难度:中等
给你一个 m 行 n 列的矩阵 matrix ,请按照顺时针螺旋顺序 ,返回矩阵中的所有元素。
示例1:

输入:matrix = [[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]]
输出:[1,2,3,6,9,8,7,4,5]
示例2:

输入:matrix = [[1,2,3,4],[5,6,7,8],[9,10,11,12]]
输出:[1,2,3,4,8,12,11,10,9,5,6,7]
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m == matrix.length
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n == matrix[i].length
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1 <= m, n <= 10
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-100 <= matrix[i][j] <= 100
问题分析
这题是让顺时针螺旋顺序返回矩阵中的所有元素,我们可以直接模拟,从外到内一圈一圈的打印矩阵中的元素,需要使用4个变量来记录访问的位置,直到全部元素都访问完为止,如下图所示。

这里还要注意上下左右四个方向访问的边界,哪些是开区间哪些是闭区间,代码如下。
JAVA:
public List<Integer> spiralOrder(int[][] matrix) {
List<Integer> ans = new ArrayList<>();
int n = matrix.length, m = matrix[0].length;
int up = 0, down = n - 1, left = 0, right = m - 1;
int total = m * n;// 总的元素个数
while (ans.size() < total) {
// 上面,从左往右打印,左闭右闭区间[left,right]
for (int i = left; i <= right && ans.size() < total; i++)
ans.add(matrix[up][i]);
// 右边,从上往下打印,上开下开区间(up,down)
for (int i = up + 1; i <= down - 1 && ans.size() < total; i++)
ans.add(matrix[i][right]);
// 下边,从右往左打印,右闭左闭区间[right,left]
for (int i = right; i >= left && ans.size() < total; i--)
ans.add(matrix[down][i]);
// 左边,从下往上打印,下开上开区间(down,up)
for (int i = down - 1; i >= up + 1 && ans.size() < total; i--)
ans.add(matrix[i][left]);
left++;
right--;
up++;
down--;
}
return ans;
}
C++:
public:
vector<int> spiralOrder(vector<vector<int>> &matrix) {
vector<int> ans;
int n = matrix.size(), m = matrix[0].size();
int up = 0, down = n - 1, left = 0, right = m - 1;
int total = m * n;// 总的元素个数
while (ans.size() < total) {
// 上面,从左往右打印,左闭右闭区间[left,right]
for (int i = left; i <= right && ans.size() < total; i++)
ans.push_back(matrix[up][i]);
// 右边,从上往下打印,上开下开区间(up,down)
for (int i = up + 1; i <= down - 1 && ans.size() < total; i++)
ans.push_back(matrix[i][right]);
// 下边,从右往左打印,右闭左闭区间[right,left]
for (int i = right; i >= left && ans.size() < total; i--)
ans.push_back(matrix[down][i]);
// 左边,从下往上打印,下开上开区间(down,up)
for (int i = down - 1; i >= up + 1 && ans.size() < total; i--)
ans.push_back(matrix[i][left]);
left++;
right--;
up++;
down--;
}
return ans;
}
Python:
def spiralOrder(self, matrix: List[List[int]]) -> List[int]:
ans = []
n, m = len(matrix), len(matrix[0])
up, down, left, right = 0, n - 1, 0, m - 1
total = m * n # 总的元素个数
while len(ans) < total:
# 上面,从左往右打印,左闭右闭区间[left,right]
for i in range(left, right + 1):
ans.append(matrix[up][i])
# 右边,从上往下打印,上开下闭区间(up,down]
for i in range(up + 1, down + 1):
ans.append(matrix[i][right])
# 上下重叠就终止
if up == down or left == right: break
# 下边,从右往左打印,右开左闭区间(right,left]
for i in range(right - 1, left - 1, -1):
ans.append(matrix[down][i])
# 左边,从下往上打印,下开上开区间(down,up)
for i in range(down - 1, up, -1):
ans.append(matrix[i][left])
left += 1
right -= 1
up += 1
down -= 1
return ans