Day 22 of 100 Days LeetCode Challenge

LeetCode Challenge #34. Find First and Last Position of Element in Sorted Array

Given an array of integers nums sorted in non-decreasing order, find the starting and ending position of a given target value.

If target is not found in the array, return [-1, -1].

You must write an algorithm with O(log n) runtime complexity.

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [5,7,7,8,8,10], target = 8
Output: [3,4]

Example 2:

Input: nums = [5,7,7,8,8,10], target = 6
Output: [-1,-1]

Example 3:

Input: nums = [], target = 0
Output: [-1,-1]

 

Constraints:

  • 0 <= nums.length <= 105
  • -109 <= nums[i] <= 109
  • nums is a non-decreasing array.
  • -109 <= target <= 109
Video Solution
Java Solution
				
					class Solution {
    public int[] searchRange(int[] nums, int target) {
        int[] ans = {-1, -1};
        if(nums.length==0){
            return ans ;
        }
        ans[0] = firstOccurence(nums,target);
        ans[1] = lastOccurence(nums,target);
        return ans ;
    }

    public int firstOccurence(int[] nums , int target){
        int start = 0 ;
        int end = nums.length-1;
        int ans = -1 ;

        while(start<=end){
            int mid = (start + end )/2;
            if(nums[mid]==target){
                ans = mid ;
                end = mid-1;
            }else if ( target > nums[mid]){
                start = mid+1 ;
            }else{
                end = mid-1 ;
            }
        }
        return ans ;
    }

    public int lastOccurence(int[] nums , int target){
        int start = 0 ;
        int end = nums.length-1;
        int ans = -1 ;

        while(start<=end){
            int mid = (start + end )/2;
            if(nums[mid]==target){
                ans = mid ;
               start = mid+1 ;
            }else if ( target > nums[mid]){
                start = mid+1 ;
            }else{
                end = mid-1 ;
            }
        }
        return ans ;
    }
}
				
			

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