example, Given the following matrix: [ [ 1, 2, 3 ], [ 4, 5, 6 ], [ 7, 8, 9 ] ] You should return [1,2,3,6,9,8,7,4,5]. """
Given a matrix of m x n elements (m rows, n columns),
return all elements of the matrix in spiral order.
For example,
Given the following matrix:
[
[ 1, 2, 3 ],
[ 4, 5, 6 ],
[ 7, 8, 9 ]
]
You should return [1,2,3,6,9,8,7,4,5].
"""
def spiral_traversal(matrix):
res = []
if len(matrix) == 0:
return res
row_begin = 0
row_end = len(matrix) - 1
col_begin = 0
col_end = len(matrix[0]) - 1
while row_begin <= row_end and col_begin <= col_end:
for i in range(col_begin, col_end+1):
res.append(matrix[row_begin][i])
row_begin += 1
for i in range(row_begin, row_end+1):
res.append(matrix[i][col_end])
col_end -= 1
if row_begin <= row_end:
for i in range(col_end, col_begin-1, -1):
res.append(matrix[row_end][i])
row_end -= 1
if col_begin <= col_end:
for i in range(row_end, row_begin-1, -1):
res.append(matrix[i][col_begin])
col_begin += 1
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