/**
* @param matrix: a matrix of integers
* @param k: an integer
* @return: the kth smallest number in the matrix
*/
int kthSmallest(vector<vector<int>> &matrix, int k) {
if (matrix.size() < matrix[0].size()) { // Height is smaller.
return horizontal_search(matrix, k);
} else { // Width is smaller.
return vertical_search(matrix, k);
}
}
struct vector *vertical_rec(struct matrix *img, struct coords block, int win)
{
int i = vertical_search(img, block);
if(i)
{
struct coords b1, b2;
b1 = block, b2 = block;
b1.w2 = i;
b2.w1 = i;
return vector_merge(horizontal_rec(img, b1, 1), vertical_rec(img, b2, 1));
}
else
{
if(win)
return horizontal_rec(img, block, 0);
else
{
struct vector *indivisible_block = vector_make(1);
indivisible_block->data[0] = block;
return indivisible_block;
}
}
}