""" File: binary_search_edge.py Created Time: 2023-08-04 Author: krahets (krahets@163.com) """ import sys from pathlib import Path sys.path.append(str(Path(__file__).parent.parent)) from binary_search_insertion import binary_search_insertion def binary_search_left_edge(nums: list[int], target: int) -> int: """Find the leftmost occurrence of target using binary search""" # This is equivalent to finding the insertion point of target i = binary_search_insertion(nums, target) # If target was not found, return -1 if i == len(nums) or nums[i] != target: return -1 # Target was found; return index i return i def binary_search_right_edge(nums: list[int], target: int) -> int: """Find the rightmost occurrence of target using binary search""" # Reduce the problem to finding the leftmost insertion point of target + 1 i = binary_search_insertion(nums, target + 1) # j is the candidate rightmost target index; i is the index of the first element greater than target, or len(nums) j = i - 1 # If target was not found, return -1 if j == -1 or nums[j] != target: return -1 # Target was found; return index j return j """Driver code""" if __name__ == "__main__": # Array containing duplicate elements nums = [1, 3, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 10, 12, 15] print(f"\nArray nums = {nums}") # Find the left and right boundaries using binary search for target in [6, 7]: index = binary_search_left_edge(nums, target) print(f"Index of the leftmost occurrence of {target}: {index}") index = binary_search_right_edge(nums, target) print(f"Index of the rightmost occurrence of {target}: {index}")