Given a sorted array of n integers, find the starting and ending position of a given target value. If the target is not found in the array, return [-1, -1].
Example Example 1: Input: [] 9 Output: [-1,-1]
Example 2: Input: [5, 7, 7, 8, 8, 10] 8 Output: [3, 4] Challenge O(log n) time.
public class Solution {
/**
* @param A: an integer sorted array
* @param target: an integer to be inserted
* @return: a list of length 2, [index1, index2]
*/
public int[] searchRange(int[] A, int target) {
// write your code here
int[] res = {-1, -1};
if(A == null || A.length == 0) return res;
int start = 0;
int end = A.length - 1;
while(start + 1 < end) {
int middle = start + (end - start) / 2;
if(A[middle] < target) start = middle;
else if(A[middle] >= target) end = middle;
}
if(A[start] == target) res[0] = start;
else if(A[end] == target) res[0] = end;
start = 0;
end = A.length - 1;
while(start + 1 < end) {
int middle = start + (end - start) / 2;
if(A[middle] <= target) start = middle;
else if(A[middle] > target) end = middle;
}
if(A[end] == target) res[1] = end;
else if(A[start] == target) res[1] = start;
return res;
}
}