Search In Big Sorted Array
public class Solution {
/*
* @param reader: An instance of ArrayReader.
* @param target: An integer
* @return: An integer which is the first index of target.
*/
public int searchBigSortedArray(ArrayReader reader, int target) {
// write your code here
//find right boundary
//采用倍增法,一定能在第2k的地方找到比target 大的右边界
int index = 1;
while(reader.get(index-1) < target){
index = index*2;
}
int start = 0, end = index;
while(start + 1 < end){
int mid = start + (end - start )/2;
if(reader.get(mid) == target){
end = mid;
}
else if(reader.get(mid) > target){
end = mid;
}else{
start = mid;
}
}
if(reader.get(start) == target){
return start;
}
if(reader.get(end) == target){
return end;
}
return -1;
}
}
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