35. Search Insert Position

class solution: def searchInsert(self, nums, target): """ If found, return index If not found, return place to insert. """ if len(nums)==0: return 0 left = 0 right = len(nums) - 1 while(left <= right): # test by subarray length if left == right: # subarray of lengh 1 if nums[left] == target: return left elif nums[left] > target: return left else: return right+1 if (right - left) == 1: # subarray of length 2 if nums[left] >= target: return left elif nums[right] == target: return right elif nums[right] < target: return right + 1 elif (nums[left] < target) and (nums[right] > target): return right else: mid = (left + right) // 2 if nums[mid] == target: return mid elif nums[mid] < target: # search right array left = mid + 1 else : right = mid - 1 # search left array
Iterative version.

One pass except for the last else...

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