/* * File: binary_search_edge.rs * Created Time: 2023-08-30 * Author: night-cruise (2586447362@qq.com) */ mod binary_search_insertion; use binary_search_insertion::binary_search_insertion; /* Binary search for the leftmost target */ fn binary_search_left_edge(nums: &[i32], target: i32) -> i32 { // Equivalent to finding the insertion point of target let i = binary_search_insertion(nums, target); // Did not find target, thus return -1 if i == nums.len() as i32 || nums[i as usize] != target { return -1; } // Found target, return index i i } /* Binary search for the rightmost target */ fn binary_search_right_edge(nums: &[i32], target: i32) -> i32 { // Convert to finding the leftmost target + 1 let i = binary_search_insertion(nums, target + 1); // j points to the rightmost target, i points to the first element greater than target let j = i - 1; // Did not find target, thus return -1 if j == -1 || nums[j as usize] != target { return -1; } // Found target, return index j j } /* Driver Code */ fn main() { // Array with duplicate elements let nums = [1, 3, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 10, 12, 15]; println!("\nArray nums = {:?}", nums); // Binary search for left and right boundaries for target in [6, 7] { let index = binary_search_left_edge(&nums, target); println!("The leftmost index of element {} is {}", target, index); let index = binary_search_right_edge(&nums, target); println!("The rightmost index of element {} is {}", target, index); } }