Find First and Last Position of Element in Sorted Array Problem
Description
LeetCode Problem 34.
Given an array of integers nums sorted in non-decreasing order, find the starting and ending position of a given target value.
If target is not found in the array, return [-1, -1].
You must write an algorithm with O(log n) runtime complexity.
Example 1:
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Input: nums = [5,7,7,8,8,10], target = 8
Output: [3,4]
Example 2:
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Input: nums = [5,7,7,8,8,10], target = 6
Output: [-1,-1]
Example 3:
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Input: nums = [], target = 0
Output: [-1,-1]
Constraints:
- 0 <= nums.length <= 10^5
- -10^9 <= nums[i] <= 10^9
- nums is a non-decreasing array.
- -10^9 <= target <= 10^9
Sample C++ Code
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vector<int> searchRange(vector<int>& nums, int target) {
int idx1 = lower_bound(nums, target);
int idx2 = lower_bound(nums, target+1)-1;
if (idx1 < nums.size() && nums[idx1] == target)
return {idx1, idx2};
else
return {-1, -1};
}
int lower_bound(vector<int>& nums, int target) {
int l = 0, r = nums.size()-1;
while (l <= r) {
int mid = (r-l)/2+l;
if (nums[mid] < target)
l = mid+1;
else
r = mid-1;
}
return l;
}