Given n points on a 2D plane, find the maximum number of points that lie on the same straight line.
Solution:
/** * Definition for a point. * struct Point { * int x; * int y; * Point() : x(0), y(0) {} * Point(int a, int b) : x(a), y(b) {} * }; */class Solution {public: double PI = 3.1415926; double computeAngle(int x, int y, int xx, int yy){ if(x == xx) { if(y == yy) return 2 * PI; else return PI; } else return atan((double)(yy - y) / (xx - x));}int maxPoints(vector&points) { int n = points.size(); if(n <= 2) return n; double **angle = new double*[n + 1]; int **visited = new int*[n + 1]; for(int i = 0;i < n;i++) { angle[i] = new double[n + 1]; visited[i] = new int[n + 1]; } for(int i = 0;i < n;i++) { memset(visited[i], 0, (n + 1) * sizeof(int)); for(int j = i;j < n;j++) angle[i][j] = angle[j][i] = computeAngle(points[i].x, points[i].y, points[j].x, points[j].y); } int max = 2; for(int i = 0;i < n;i++) { for(int j = 0;j < n;j++) { if(i == j || visited[i][j] == 1) continue; visited[i][j] = 1; //define a line by point i and j double curAngle = angle[i][j]; int curNum = 2; for(int k = 0;k < n;k++) { if(i != k && j != k) { if(curAngle == 2 * PI) { if(angle[i][k] == 2 * PI || angle[j][k] == 2 * PI) { curNum++; } else { curNum++; curAngle = angle[i][k]; visited[i][k] = visited[j][k] = visited[k][j] = visited[k][i] = 1; } } else { if(angle[i][k] == curAngle) { curNum++; visited[i][k] = visited[j][k] = visited[k][j] = visited[k][i] = 1; } } } } // cout << i << " " << j << " :" < << endl; max = (curNum > max) ? curNum : max; } } return max; }};