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Matrix Rotation

def rotate_matrix(matrix):
"""
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/inplace-rotate-square-matrix-by-90-degrees/
"""
n = len(matrix[0])
for x in range(0, int(n / 2)):
for y in range(x, n - 1 - x):
temp = matrix[x][y]
matrix[x][y] = matrix[y][n - 1 - x]
matrix[y][n - 1 - x] = matrix[n - 1 - x][n - 1 - y]
matrix[n - 1 - x][n - 1 - y] = matrix[n - 1 - y][x]
matrix[n - 1 - y][x] = temp
return matrix


if __name__ == "__main__":
assert rotate_matrix([
[1, 2, 3, 4],
[5, 6, 7, 8],
[9, 10, 11, 12],
[13, 14, 15, 16]]
) == [[4, 8, 12, 16],
[3, 7, 11, 15],
[2, 6, 10, 14],
[1, 5, 9, 13]]

assert rotate_matrix([
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
[6, 7, 8, 9, 10],
[11, 12, 13, 14, 15],
[16, 17, 18, 19, 20],
[21, 22, 23, 24, 25]]
) == [[5, 10, 15, 20, 25],
[4, 9, 14, 19, 24],
[3, 8, 13, 18, 23],
[2, 7, 12, 17, 22],
[1, 6, 11, 16, 21]]


Updated on 2020-03-19