Grokking the Coding Interview: Patterns for Coding Questions
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Mohammed Dh Abbas
Simple solution.

Mohammed Dh Abbas

Jun 14, 2024

class Solution: def search(self, arr, key): def find_peak_index(): b, e = 0, len(arr) - 1 while b <= e: m = (b + e) // 2 if m + 1 < len(arr) and arr[m] < arr[m + 1]: b = m + 1 else: e = m - 1 return b def seach_item(peak_index, is_left_search): if is_left_search: b, e = 0, peak_index else: b, e = peak_index, len(arr) - 1 while b <= e: m = (b + e) // 2 if arr[m] == key: return m elif arr[m] < key: b = m + 1 else: e = m - 1 return -1 peak_index = find_peak_index() left_search = seach_item(peak_index, True) return left_search if left_search != -1 else seach_item(peak_index, False)

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