lintcode:First Position of Target_findfirstpositionoftarget-CSDN博客

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For a given sorted array (ascending order) and a target number, find the first index of this number in O(log n) time complexity.

If the target number does not exist in the array, return -1.

Have you met this question in a real interview?

Yes

Example

If the array is [1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 10], for given target 3, return 2.

Challenge

If the count of numbers is bigger than 2^32, can your code work properly?

Related Problems

class Solution {
public:
    /**
     * @param nums: The integer array.
     * @param target: Target number to find.
     * @return: The first position of target. Position starts from 0. 
     */
    int binarySearch(vector<int> &array, int target) {
        // write your code here
        
        if (array.size() == 0)
            return -1;
            
        int left = 0;
        int right = array.size()-1;
        
        while (left <= right)
        {
            int mid = left+(right-left)/2;
            
            if (array[mid] == target)
            {
                if (mid > 0 && (array[mid-1] != target))
                {
                    return mid;
                }
                else if (mid == 0)
                {
                    return 0;
                }
                else
                {
                    right = mid-1;
                }
            }
            else if (array[mid] > target)
            {
                right = mid-1;
            }
            else
            {
                left = mid+1;
            }
        }
        return -1;
    }
};