问题描述:
Given an array of integers sorted in ascending order, 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]
.
Given [5, 7, 7, 8, 8, 10]
and target value 8,
return [3, 4]
.
问题分析:
题目要求时间复杂度为O(logN),本题又是一个查找问题,所以可以采用二元查找法,先求出最左边的target索引,再求出右边的target索引,这里有个小技巧,mid的取值,可以使得查找的方向向左或者向右偏移。
过程详见代码:
class Solution {
public:
vector<int> searchRange(vector<int>& nums, int target) {
int i = 0, j = nums.size() - 1;
vector<int> ret(2, -1);
if(nums.empty()) return ret;
// Search for the left one
while (i < j)
{
int mid = (i + j) /2;
if (nums[mid] < target) i = mid + 1;
else j = mid;
}
if (nums[i]!=target) return ret;
else ret[0] = i;
// Search for the right one
j = nums.size() - 1; // We don't have to set i to 0 the second time.
while (i < j)
{
int mid = (i + j) /2 + 1; // Make mid biased to the right
if (nums[mid] > target) j = mid - 1;
else i = mid; // So that this won't make the search range stuck.
}
ret[1] = j;
return ret;
}
};