package com.thealgorithms.others;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class PrintAMatrixInSpiralOrder {
/**
* Search a key in row and column wise sorted matrix
*
* @param matrix matrix to be searched
* @param row number of rows matrix has
* @param col number of columns matrix has
* @author Sadiul Hakim : https://github.com/sadiul-hakim
*/
public List<Integer> print(int[][] matrix, int row, int col) {
// r traverses matrix row wise from first
int r = 0;
// c traverses matrix column wise from first
int c = 0;
int i;
List<Integer> result = new ArrayList<>();
while (r < row && c < col) {
// print first row of matrix
for (i = c; i < col; i++) {
result.add(matrix[r][i]);
}
// increase r by one because first row printed
r++;
// print last column
for (i = r; i < row; i++) {
result.add(matrix[i][col - 1]);
}
// decrease col by one because last column has been printed
col--;
// print rows from last except printed elements
if (r < row) {
for (i = col - 1; i >= c; i--) {
result.add(matrix[row - 1][i]);
}
row--;
}
// print columns from first except printed elements
if (c < col) {
for (i = row - 1; i >= r; i--) {
result.add(matrix[i][c]);
}
c++;
}
}
return result;
}
}