Given a sorted (in ascending order) integer array nums of n elements and a target value, write a function to search target in nums. If target exists, then return its index, otherwise return -1.
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
Note: You may assume that all elements in nums are unique. n will be in the range [1, 10000]. The value of each element in nums will be in the range [-9999, 9999].
binary search虽然是比较基础的算法,但是写起来还是有很多细节的地方需要去注意。下面的区间index范围都是包含左不包含右。
进入递归的时候记得扣掉mid这个数,否则到只有一个数但是结果应该是-1的时候,一直会被分割成0个和1个数,程序不会结束。总长度为奇数个时注意检查是否是左右对半分的,为偶数的时候稍微复杂些,考虑两个数 [ A , B ] [A,B] [A,B]的情况,mid取A或B的index都可以,假设取A,要确保递归进入的左侧是lo到mid(左闭右开不包含mid),右侧是mid+1到hi考虑停止条件,2中从两个元素进入到0个元素时,有lo=hi(mid为A的index是下一步的hi),再考虑从1个元素到0个元素时,左侧区间为lo到mid,右侧区间为mid+1到hi,两侧都为0个元素,此时都有lo=hi,可知停止条件为lo == hi。