LeetCode

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 = (high-low)/2 + low;
            int res = guess(mid);
            if (res == 0){
                return mid;
            } else if (res == -1) {
                high = mid-1;
            } else {
                low = mid+1;
            }
        }
        
        return -1;
    }
}