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]
.
For example,
Given [5, 7, 7, 8, 8, 10]
and target value 8,
return [3, 4]
.
answer:
class Solution {
public:
vector<int> searchRange(vector<int>& nums, int target) {
int head = -1,tail = -1,start = 0,end = nums.size() - 1;
mySearch(nums,start,end,target,head,tail);
vector<int> result;
result.push_back(head);
result.push_back(tail);
return result;
}
void mySearch(vector<int>& nums, int start, int end, int target, int & head,int & tail){
if(start > end) return;
int mid = (start + end) / 2;
if(nums[mid] < target){
mySearch(nums,mid + 1,end,target,head,tail);
}
else if(nums[mid] > target){
mySearch(nums,start,mid - 1,target,head,tail);
}
else{
int i = mid;
while(i < nums.size() && nums[i] == target) i++;
if( i > mid) tail = i - 1;
else tail = i;
i = mid;
while(i >= 0 && nums[i] == target) i--;
if(i < mid) head = i + 1;
else head = i;
return;
}
}
};