/** * File: binary_search_insertion.js * Created Time: 2023-08-22 * Author: Gaofer Chou (gaofer-chou@qq.com) */ /* Find an insertion point using binary search (no duplicates) */ function binarySearchInsertionSimple(nums, target) { let i = 0, j = nums.length - 1; // Initialize the closed interval [0, n-1] while (i <= j) { const m = Math.floor(i + (j - i) / 2); // Calculate midpoint index m, using Math.floor() to round down if (nums[m] < target) { i = m + 1; // Target must be in [m+1, j] if it exists } else if (nums[m] > target) { j = m - 1; // Target must be in [i, m-1] if it exists } else { return m; // Target was found; return insertion point m } } // Target was not found; return insertion point i return i; } /* Find an insertion point using binary search (with duplicates) */ function binarySearchInsertion(nums, target) { let i = 0, j = nums.length - 1; // Initialize the closed interval [0, n-1] while (i <= j) { const m = Math.floor(i + (j - i) / 2); // Calculate midpoint index m, using Math.floor() to round down if (nums[m] < target) { i = m + 1; // Target must be in [m+1, j] if it exists } else if (nums[m] > target) { j = m - 1; // Target must be in [i, m-1] if it exists } else { j = m - 1; // Continue in [i, m-1] to find the rightmost element smaller than target } } // Return insertion point i return i; } /* Driver code */ // Array with no duplicate elements let nums = [1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 15, 23, 26, 31, 35]; console.log('\nArray nums = ' + nums); // Find an insertion point using binary search for (const target of [6, 9]) { const index = binarySearchInsertionSimple(nums, target); console.log('Element ' + target + ' has insertion index ' + index); } // Array containing duplicate elements nums = [1, 3, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 10, 12, 15]; console.log('\nArray nums = ' + nums); // Find an insertion point using binary search for (const target of [2, 6, 20]) { const index = binarySearchInsertion(nums, target); console.log('Element ' + target + ' has insertion index ' + index); } module.exports = { binarySearchInsertion, };