Search for a Range
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]
.
use binary search to search for the ranges.
public class Solution {
public int[] searchRange(int[] nums, int target) {
if (nums == null || nums.length == 0)
return new int[]{-1,-1};
int[] bound = new int[2];
int start = 0;
int end = nums.length - 1;
int mid = 0;
while (start < end - 1) {
mid = start + (end - start) / 2;
if (nums[mid] == target)
end = mid;
else if (nums[mid] > target)
end = mid;
else
start = mid;
}
if (nums[start] == target)
bound[0] = start;
else if (nums[end] == target)
bound[0] = end;
else {
return new int[]{-1,-1};
}
start = 0;
end = nums.length - 1;
while (start < end - 1) {
mid = start + (end - start) / 2;
if (nums[mid] == target)
start = mid;
else if (nums[mid] > target)
end = mid;
else
start = mid;
}
if (nums[end] == target)
bound[1] = end;
else if (nums[start] == target)
bound[1] = start;
else {
return new int[]{-1,-1};
}
return bound;
}
}