由于题目要求算法时间复杂度必须是 O(log n) 级别,所以需要用到二分查找,算法步骤如下:
1、设置初始遍历起点坐标leftIndex(大于等于0)和终点坐标rightIndex(小于等于数组长度);
2、根据leftIndex和rightIndex得到中间坐标cur;
3、由于数组升序排列,如果cur大于target或者cur等于target并且是是寻找左节点,则说明左节点在cur左边,更新rightIndex = cur,否则leftIndex++,循环2
java代码:
class Solution { private int binarySearch(int[] nums, int target, boolean searchLeft,int startIndex) { int leftIndex = startIndex; int rightIndex = nums.length; int cur = 0; while (leftIndex < rightIndex) { cur = (leftIndex + rightIndex) / 2; if (nums[cur] > target || (nums[cur] == target && searchLeft)) { rightIndex = cur; } else { leftIndex = cur + 1; } } return leftIndex; } public int[] searchRange(int[] nums, int target) { int position[]={-1,-1}; int pre = binarySearch(nums,target,true,0); if (pre==nums.length || nums[pre]!=target) { return position; } position[0]=pre; position[1]=binarySearch(nums,target,false,pre)-1; return position; } }