Find First and Last Position of Element in Sorted Array.cpp

/*
                                                          #Hacktoberfest2021
                                                          
Given an array of integers nums sorted in ascending order, find the starting and ending position of a given target value.

If target is not found in the array, return [-1, -1].

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

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [5,7,7,8,8,10], target = 8
Output: [3,4]
Example 2:

Input: nums = [5,7,7,8,8,10], target = 6
Output: [-1,-1]
*/
// 15ms faster then other codes on leetcode

class Solution {
public:
    vector<int> searchRange(vector<int>& nums, int target) {
    int idx1 = lower_bound(nums, target);
    int idx2 = lower_bound(nums, target+1)-1;
    if (idx1 < nums.size() && nums[idx1] == target)
        return {idx1, idx2};
    else
        return {-1, -1};
}

int lower_bound(vector<int>& nums, int target) {
    int l = 0, r = nums.size()-1;
    while (l <= r) {
        int mid = (r-l)/2+l;
        if (nums[mid] < target)
            l = mid+1;
        else
            r = mid-1;
    }
    return l;
}
};