Binary Search

Description

Given an array of integers nums which is sorted in ascending order, and an integer target, write a function to search target in nums. If target exists, then return its index. Otherwise, return -1.

You must write an algorithm with O(log n) runtime complexity.

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [-1,0,3,5,9,12], target = 9
Output: 4
Explanation: 9 exists in nums and its index is 4

Example 2:

Input: nums = [-1,0,3,5,9,12], target = 2
Output: -1
Explanation: 2 does not exist in nums so return -1

 

Constraints:

• 1 <= nums.length <= 104
• -104 < nums[i], target < 104
• All the integers in nums are unique.
• nums is sorted in ascending order.

Solution(javascript)

/**
 * @param {number[]} nums
 * @param {number} target
 * @return {number}
 */
var search = function(nums, target) {
    for(let i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
        if (nums[i] == target) {
            return i;
        }
    }
    return -1;
};