Binary Search

Problem

Find the index of a target in a sorted array, or -1 if absent.

Examples

Example 1

Input: {"nums":[1,3,5,7,9],"target":7}

Output: 3

Example 2

Input: {"nums":[1,3,5],"target":6}

Output: -1

Input and output use JSON-compatible values. For linked-list and tree questions, arrays represent the node structure as described above. Your code should implement solve(input).

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Compiler

How to solve Binary Search

Find the index of a target in a sorted array, or -1 if absent. Half the remaining search interval after each comparison. The reference implementation illustrates this approach; check the example and edge cases.

Time and space complexity

O(log n) time and O(1) space.

Practise and improve

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