给定一个排序的整数数组(升序)和一个要查找的整数target,用O(logn)的时间查找到target第一次出现的下标(从0开始),如果target不存在于数组中,返回-1。
public class Solution {
/**
* @param nums: The integer array.
* @param target: Target to find.
* @return: The first position of target. Position starts from 0.
*/
public int binarySearch(int[] nums, int target) {
// write your code here
int start = 0;
int end = nums.length - 1;
while(start + 1 < end) {
int middle = start + (end - start) / 2;
if(nums[middle] >= target) {
end = middle;
} else {
start = middle;
}
}
if(nums[start] == target) return start;
if(nums[end] == target) return end;
return -1;
}
}