=begin File: binary_search_edge.rb Created Time: 2024-04-09 Author: Blue Bean (lonnnnnnner@gmail.com) =end require_relative './binary_search_insertion' ### Binary search leftmost target ### def binary_search_left_edge(nums, target) # Equivalent to finding the insertion point of target i = binary_search_insertion(nums, target) # Target not found, return -1 return -1 if i == nums.length || nums[i] != target i # Found target, return index i end ### Binary search rightmost target ### def binary_search_right_edge(nums, target) # Convert to finding the leftmost target + 1 i = binary_search_insertion(nums, target + 1) # j points to the rightmost target, i points to the first element greater than target j = i - 1 # Target not found, return -1 return -1 if j == -1 || nums[j] != target j # Found target, return index j end ### Driver Code ### if __FILE__ == $0 # Array with duplicate elements nums = [1, 3, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 10, 12, 15] puts "\nArray nums = #{nums}" # Binary search left and right boundaries for target in [6, 7] index = binary_search_left_edge(nums, target) puts "Leftmost element #{target} index is #{index}" index = binary_search_right_edge(nums, target) puts "Rightmost element #{target} index is #{index}" end end