/** * File: binary_search_edge.c * Created Time: 2023-09-09 * Author: Gonglja (glj0@outlook.com) */ #include "../utils/common.h" /* Binary search for insertion point (with duplicate elements) */ int binarySearchInsertion(int *nums, int numSize, int target) { int i = 0, j = numSize - 1; // Initialize double closed interval [0, n-1] while (i <= j) { int m = i + (j - i) / 2; // Calculate midpoint index m if (nums[m] < target) { i = m + 1; // Target is in interval [m+1, j] } else { j = m - 1; // First element less than target is in interval [i, m-1] } } // Return insertion point i return i; } /* Binary search for the leftmost target */ int binarySearchLeftEdge(int *nums, int numSize, int target) { // Equivalent to finding the insertion point of target int i = binarySearchInsertion(nums, numSize, target); // Did not find target, thus return -1 if (i == numSize || nums[i] != target) { return -1; } // Found target, return index i return i; } /* Binary search for the rightmost target */ int binarySearchRightEdge(int *nums, int numSize, int target) { // Convert to finding the leftmost target + 1 int i = binarySearchInsertion(nums, numSize, target + 1); // j points to the rightmost target, i points to the first element greater than target int j = i - 1; // Did not find target, thus return -1 if (j == -1 || nums[j] != target) { return -1; } // Found target, return index j return j; } /* Driver Code */ int main() { // Array with duplicate elements int nums[] = {1, 3, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 10, 12, 15}; printf("\nArray nums ="); printArray(nums, sizeof(nums) / sizeof(nums[0])); // Binary search for left and right boundaries int targets[] = {6, 7}; for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(targets) / sizeof(targets[0]); i++) { int index = binarySearchLeftEdge(nums, sizeof(nums) / sizeof(nums[0]), targets[i]); printf("Index of the leftmost element %d = %d\n", targets[i], index); index = binarySearchRightEdge(nums, sizeof(nums) / sizeof(nums[0]), targets[i]); printf("Index of the rightmost element %d = %d\n", targets[i], index); } return 0; }