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100 changes: 100 additions & 0 deletions Matrix in zig-zag
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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
#define C 3


void zigZagMatrix(int arr[][C], int n, int m)
{
int row = 0, col = 0;


bool row_inc = 0;

int mn = min(m, n);
for (int len = 1; len <= mn; ++len) {
for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
cout << arr[row][col] << " ";

if (i + 1 == len)
break;
if (row_inc)
++row, --col;
else
--row, ++col;
}

if (len == mn)
break;

if (row_inc)
++row, row_inc = false;
else
++col, row_inc = true;
}

if (row == 0) {
if (col == m - 1)
++row;
else
++col;
row_inc = 1;
}
else {
if (row == n - 1)
++col;
else
++row;
row_inc = 0;
}

int MAX = max(m, n) - 1;
for (int len, diag = MAX; diag > 0; --diag) {

if (diag > mn)
len = mn;
else
len = diag;

for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
cout << arr[row][col] << " ";

if (i + 1 == len)
break;

if (row_inc)
++row, --col;
else
++col, --row;
}

if (row == 0 || col == m - 1) {
if (col == m - 1)
++row;
else
++col;

row_inc = true;
}

else if (col == 0 || row == n - 1) {
if (row == n - 1)
++col;
else
++row;

row_inc = false;
}
}
}

// Driver code
int main()
{
int matrix[][3] = { { 1, 2, 3 },
{ 4, 5, 6 },
{ 7, 8, 9 } };
zigZagMatrix(matrix, 3, 3);

return 0;
}