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].
二分查找一般是指有序数组中没有重复元素的情况 很好理解 等于就是找到了 不等于就移
v[mid] > target 移j: j = mid
v[mid] < target 移i: i = mid
这个题和普通的二分搜索的区别在于数组中可能有重复元素
那么假设是要找重复元素中的第一个值:
v[mid] > target 移j: j = mid 移法不变
v[mid] < target 移i: i = mid 移法不变
v[mid] == target时显然是不能返回了 应该是j = mid
直到ij汇合
同理 如果是找最后一个值
v[mid] == target时让 i = mid
public int[] searchRange(int[] nums, int target) {
int[] result = new int[2];
result[0] = findBeginOrEnd(nums, target, true);
result[1] = findBeginOrEnd(nums, target, false);
return result;
}
public int findBeginOrEnd(int[] nums, int target,boolean findBegin){
int i = 0;
int j = nums.length - 1;
int mid = (i+j) / 2;
while(i < j){
if(findBegin == true){mid = (i + j) / 2;}
else{mid = (i + j + 1) / 2;}
if(nums[mid] > target){
j = mid - 1;
}
else if(nums[mid] < target){
i = mid + 1;
}
else{
if(findBegin == true){j = mid;}
else{i = mid;}
}
}
if(i == j && nums[i] == target) return i;
else return -1;
}