hello-algo/en/codes/javascript/chapter_searching/binary_search_edge.js

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/**
* File: binary_search_edge.js
* Created Time: 2023-08-22
* Author: Gaofer Chou (gaofer-chou@qq.com)
*/
const { binarySearchInsertion } = require('./binary_search_insertion.js');
/* Binary search for the leftmost target */
function binarySearchLeftEdge(nums, target) {
// Equivalent to finding the insertion point of target
const i = binarySearchInsertion(nums, target);
// Did not find target, thus return -1
if (i === nums.length || nums[i] !== target) {
return -1;
}
// Found target, return index i
return i;
}
/* Binary search for the rightmost target */
function binarySearchRightEdge(nums, target) {
// Convert to finding the leftmost target + 1
const i = binarySearchInsertion(nums, target + 1);
// j points to the rightmost target, i points to the first element greater than target
const 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 */
// Array with duplicate elements
const nums = [1, 3, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 10, 12, 15];
console.log('\nArray nums =' + nums);
// Binary search for left and right boundaries
for (const target of [6, 7]) {
let index = binarySearchLeftEdge(nums, target);
console.log('The leftmost index of element ' + target + ' is ' + index);
index = binarySearchRightEdge(nums, target);
console.log('The rightmost index of element ' + target + ' is ' + index);
}