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Write a function that accepts an integer N and returns a NxN spiral matrix.
// --- Examples
// matrix(2)
// [[1, 2],
// [4, 3]]
// matrix(3)
// [[1, 2, 3],
// [8, 9, 4],
// [7, 6, 5]]
// matrix(4)
// [[1, 2, 3, 4],
// [12, 13, 14, 5],
// [11, 16, 15, 6],
// [10, 9, 8, 7]]
function matrix(n) {
const results = [];
for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
results.push([]);
}
let counter = 1;
let startColumn = 0;
let endColumn = n - 1;
let startRow = 0;
let endRow = n - 1;
while (startColumn <= endColumn && startRow <= endRow) {
for (let i = startColumn; i <= endColumn; i++) {
results[startRow][i] = counter;
counter++;
}
startRow++;
for (let i = startRow; i <= endRow; i++) {
results[i][endColumn] = counter;
counter++;
}
endColumn--;
for (let i = endColumn; i >= startColumn; i--) {
results[endRow][i] = counter;
counter++;
}
endRow--;
for (let i = endRow; i >= startRow; i--) {
results[i][startColumn] = counter;
counter++;
}
startColumn++;
}
return results;
}
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