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Search a Row and Column Sorted Matrix

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Problem statement

Given a nonempty rectangular integer matrix matrix and an integer target, return true if the target occurs anywhere in the matrix, or false otherwise.

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Example 1

matrix = [[1,4,7],[2,5,9],[3,6,12]]target = 6return = true

The target 6 is in the third row and second column (using one-based positions).

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