题目:
Given a sorted array of integers, find the starting and ending position of a given target value.
Your algorithm’s runtime complexity must be in the order of O(log n).
If the target is not found in the array, return [-1, -1].
For example,
Given [5, 7, 7, 8, 8, 10] and target value 8,
return [3, 4].
思路:
1、利用二分法找到为target的值;
2、再用二分法找到最小的begin和最大的end;
代码:
class Solution {
public:
vector<int> searchRange(int A[], int n, int target) {
begin=-1;
end=-1;
vector<int> res;
find(A,0,n-1,target);
res.push_back(begin);
res.push_back(end);
return res;
}
private:
int begin=-1;
int end=-1;
void find(int A[],int left,int right,int target)
{
if(left>right) return;
int mid=(left+right)>>1;
if(A[mid]==target)
{
if(mid<begin || begin==-1) begin=mid;
if(mid>end) end=mid;
find(A,left,mid-1,target);
find(A,mid+1,right,target);
}
else if(A[mid]>target) find(A,left,mid-1,target);
else if(A[mid]<target) find(A,mid+1,right,target);
}
};