#704

Binary Search

EasyBinary Search

Given a sorted (ascending) array of distinct integers nums and an integer target, return the index of target if it is in nums, or -1 if it is not.

You must write an algorithm with O(log n) runtime.

Example

nums = [-1, 0, 3, 5, 9, 12], target = 9  => 4
nums = [-1, 0, 3, 5, 9, 12], target = 2  => -1

Implement

function Search(nums: int[], target: int) -> int

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Basics

let x = 0;

mutable binding

let nums: int[] = [];

typed binding

function Add(a: int, b: int) -> int {
  return a + b;
}

Control flow

if (x > 0) {
  ...
} else {
  ...
}

while (i < n) {
  i += 1;
}

for (x in nums) {
  ...
}

iterate values

break;   continue;   return v;

Arrays

nums.length()

nums[i]

read (0-indexed)

nums[i] = v

write

nums.push(x)

nums.pop()

returns T? (optional)

nums.slice(a, b)   nums.reverse()

nums.sort_by_key(k)   nums.sort_by(cmp)

returns a sorted copy (no bare .sort())

Maps (use string keys)

let m: map<string, int> = {};

m.set("a", 1);

m.get("a")

returns int? (null if absent)

m.has("a")   m.keys()

m.set(n.to_string(), true);

int keys are unsupported: convert to string

Strings

s.length()

number of characters

s.char_at(i)   s.substring(a, b)

s.split(",")   s.to_lower_case()

c.is_alphanumeric()   c == "a"

Numbers

a / b

integer division

a % b

remainder

x.abs()   x.pow(e)   x.min(y)   x.max(y)

x & 1   x >> 1   x << 2   x ^ y

bitwise ops

n.to_string()

value to string

int.parse(s)

string to int

Optionals & null

let node: ListNode? = null;

if (x == null) {
  return 0;
}
// x is non-null below

guard-and-return narrows the type

Classes

class ListNode {
  val int
  next ListNode?
}

ListNode { val: 1, next: null }

construct with { }

node.val   node.next