Last Occurance in Sorted Array
Iterative
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
idx := lastOccu([]int{5, 10, 10, 15, 20, 20, 20}, 20) // 6
fmt.Println(idx)
}
func lastOccu(nums []int, target int) int {
low := 0
high := len(nums) - 1
for low <= high {
mid := (low + high) / 2
if nums[mid] == target {
if mid == len(nums)-1 || nums[mid+1] != nums[mid] {
return mid
}
low = mid + 1
} else if nums[mid] < target {
low = mid + 1
} else {
high = mid - 1
}
}
return -1
}
Recursive
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
idx := lastOccuRec([]int{5, 10, 10, 15, 20, 20, 20}, 0, 6, 20) // 6
fmt.Println(idx)
}
func lastOccuRec(nums []int, low, high, target int) int {
if low <= high {
mid := (low + high) / 2
if nums[mid] == target {
if mid == len(nums)-1 || nums[mid+1] != nums[mid] {
return mid
}
return lastOccuRec(nums, mid+1, high, target)
} else if nums[mid] < target {
return lastOccuRec(nums, mid+1, high, target)
} else {
return lastOccuRec(nums, low, mid-1, target)
}
}
return -1
}