704. Binary Search
a textbook example of binary search.
1class Solution:
2 def search(self, nums: List[int], target: int) -> int:
3 l = 0
4 r = len(nums) - 1
5
6 while l <= r:
7 m = (l + r) // 2
8 if nums[m] == target:
9 return m
10 elif nums[m] < target:
11 l = m + 1
12 else:
13 r = m - 1
14
15 return -1
wrong ideas:
1class Solution:
2 def search(self, nums: List[int], target: int) -> int:
3 l = 0
4 m = n // 2
5 r = len(nums) - 1
6
7 while nums[m] != target:
8 if r - l <= 1:
9 return -1
10 if nums[m] > target:
11 r = m
12 m = (l + r) // 2
13 else:
14 l = m
15 m = ((l + r) // 2) + 1
16
17 return m
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