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Find First and Last Position of Element in Sorted Array - Python

Given an array of integers nums sorted in non-decreasing 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.

https://leetcode.com/problems/find-first-and-last-position-of-element-in-sorted-array/

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]
Example 3:

Input: nums = [], target = 0
Output: [-1,-1]

Constraints:

0 <= nums.length <= 105
-109 <= nums[i] <= 109
nums is a non-decreasing array.
-109 <= target <= 109

    def searchRange(self, numbers: List[int], target: int) -> List[int]:
        result=[-1,-1]
        l=0
        h=len(numbers)-1
        while l<=h:
            mid=(l+h)//2
            if target>numbers[mid]:
                l=mid+1
            elif target<numbers[mid]:
                h=mid-1
            else:
                result[0]=mid
                h=mid-1
        l=0
        h=len(numbers)-1
        while l<=h:
            mid=(l+h)//2
            if target>numbers[mid]:
                l=mid+1
            elif target<numbers[mid]:
                h=mid-1
            else:
                result[1]=mid
                l=mid+1
        return result   


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