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Search In A Row And Col Wise Sorted Matrix

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package com.thealgorithms.searches;

public class SearchInARowAndColWiseSortedMatrix {
    /**
     * Search a key in row and column wise sorted matrix
     *
     * @param matrix matrix to be searched
     * @param value  Key being searched for
     * @author Sadiul Hakim : https://github.com/sadiul-hakim
     */

    public int[] search(int[][] matrix, int value) {
        int n = matrix.length;
        // This variable iterates over rows
        int i = 0;
        // This variable iterates over columns
        int j = n - 1;
        int[] result = {-1, -1};

        while (i < n && j >= 0) {
            if (matrix[i][j] == value) {
                result[0] = i;
                result[1] = j;
                return result;
            }
            if (value > matrix[i][j]) {
                i++;
            } else {
                j--;
            }
        }
        return result;
    }
}