""" 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: """Binary search for the leftmost target""" # Equivalent to finding the insertion point of target i = binary_search_insertion(nums, target) # Did not find target, thus return -1 if i == len(nums) or nums[i] != target: return -1 # Found target, return index i return i def binary_search_right_edge(nums: list[int], target: int) -> int: """Binary search for the rightmost target""" # Convert to finding the leftmost target + 1 i = binary_search_insertion(nums, target + 1) # j points to the rightmost target, i points to the first element greater than target j = i - 1 # Did not find target, thus return -1 if j == -1 or nums[j] != target: return -1 # Found target, return index j return j """Driver Code""" if __name__ == "__main__": # Array with duplicate elements nums = [1, 3, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 10, 12, 15] print(f"\nArray nums = {nums}") # Binary search for left and right boundaries for target in [6, 7]: index = binary_search_left_edge(nums, target) print(f"The index of the leftmost element {target} is {index}") index = binary_search_right_edge(nums, target) print(f"The index of the rightmost element {target} is {index}")