Binary Search pattern

Search a 2D Matrix

Given an m x n matrix where each row is sorted left-to-right and the first integer of each row is greater than the last integer of the previous row, determine whether a target value exists in the matrix in O(log(m·n)) time. Watch it run step by step, then write your own pseudocode and get it checked by AI.

  • LeetCode 74
  • Medium
  • 1 approach

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Binary SearchLeetCode 74

Medium

The approach

  1. 01 Binary search the flattened grid O(log(m·n))O(1) space
Played step by step, with its time and space.

What you will learn

  • How to read Search a 2D Matrix and spot the binary search pattern in it
  • Binary search the flattened grid: O(log(m·n)) time, O(1) space
  • The pseudocode for each approach, its line lit as the animation runs
  • Practice: write your own pseudocode and get it checked

More Binary Search

See Search a 2D Matrix run, step by step

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