Guess Number Higher or Lower
We are playing the Guess Game. The game is as follows:
I pick a number from 1 to n. You have to guess which number I picked.
Every time you guess wrong, I'll tell you whether the number is higher or lower.
You call a pre-defined API guess(int num) which returns 3 possible results (-1, 1, or 0):
-1 : My number is lower 1 : My number is higher 0 : Congrats! You got it!
Example:
n = 10, I pick 6.
Return 6.
Solution
/* The guess API is defined in the parent class GuessGame.
@param num, your guess
@return -1 if my number is lower, 1 if my number is higher, otherwise return 0
int guess(int num); */
public class Solution extends GuessGame {
public int guessNumber(int n) {
int low=1;
int high=n;
while(low <= high){
int mid = low+((high-low)/2);
int result = guess(mid);
if(result==0){
return mid;
}else if(result==1){
low = mid+1;
}else{
high=mid-1;
}
}
return -1;
}
}