LeetCode has an Easy coding Problem in Its’ Algorithm Section “ Search Insert Position Python”. Today We are going to solve this problem. LeetCode Link of the Problem is HERE
Question
Given a sorted array of distinct integers and a target value, return the index if the target is found. If not, return the index where it would be if it were inserted in order.
You must write an algorithm with O(log n) runtime complexity.
Examples
Input: nums = [1,3,5,6], target = 5
Output: 2
Input: nums = [1,3,5,6], target = 2
Output: 1
Input: nums = [1,3,5,6], target = 7
Output: 4
Constraints:
1 <= nums.length <= 104-104 <= nums[i] <= 104numscontains distinct values sorted in ascending order.-104 <= target <= 104
Solution in Python
class Solution(object):
def searchInsert(self, nums, target):
"""
:type nums: List[int]
:type target: int
:rtype: int
"""
if target in nums:
return nums.index(target)
else:
for i in range(len(nums)):
if nums[i] > target:
return i
return len(nums)
Success
Runtime: 79 ms, faster than 8.75% of Python online submissions for the problem
Memory Usage: 14.3 MB, less than 7.52% of Python online submissions for the problem
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