[LeetCode] #34. Find First and Last Position of Element in Sorted Array

Newone Tsai
May 1, 2021

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[Medium][Question]:

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Given an array of integers nums sorted in ascending order, find the starting and ending position of a given target value.

If target is not found in the array, return [-1, -1].

Follow up: Could you write an algorithm with O(log n) runtime complexity?

Example 1:

Input: nums = [5,7,7,8,8,10], target = 8
Output: [3,4]

Example 2:

Input: nums = [5,7,7,8,8,10], target = 6
Output: [-1,-1]

Example 3:

Input: nums = [], target = 0
Output: [-1,-1]

Constraints:

  • 0 <= nums.length <= 105
  • -109 <= nums[i] <= 109
  • nums is a non-decreasing array.
  • -109 <= target <= 109

My Solution[C++]:

[Ideas]: 先用binary search找到first position,再開始往後找到Last position。

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Newone Tsai
Newone Tsai

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