Leetcode 704 Binary Search
Problem Statement Given an array of integers nums which is sorted in ascending order, and an integer target, write a function to search target in nums. If target exists, then return its index. Otherwise, return -1. You must write an algorithm with O(log n) runtime complexity. Example 1: Input: nums = [-1,0,3,5,9,12], target = 9 Output: 4 Explanation: 9 exists in nums and its index is 4 Example 2: Input: nums = [-1,0,3,5,9,12], target = 2 Output: -1 Explanation: 2 does not exist in nums so return -1 Solution class Solution: def search(self, nums: List[int], target: int) -> int: """ 0 1 2 3 4 5 ---------------------- / target -1, 0, 3, 5, 9, 12 ^a ^m ^b """ a, b = 0, len(nums) - 1 while a <= b: m = (b + a) // 2 if nums[m] == target: return m elif nums[m] < target: a = m + 1 else: b = m - 1 return -1 Leetcode 704 Binary Search