题目:
面试题 10.05. 稀疏数组搜索
稀疏数组搜索。有个排好序的字符串数组,其中散布着一些空字符串,编写一种方法,找出给定字符串的位置。
示例1:
输入: words = ["at", "", "", "", "ball", "", "", "car", "", "","dad", "", ""], s = "ta"
输出:-1
说明: 不存在返回-1。
示例2:
输入:words = ["at", "", "", "", "ball", "", "", "car", "", "","dad", "", ""], s = "ball"
输出:4
提示:
words的长度在[1, 1000000]之间
二分:
class Solution {
public int findString(String[] words, String s) {
int n = words.length;
int l = 0,r = n - 1;
while(l <= r) {
int mid = (l + r) / 2;
while(l < mid && words[mid].equals("")) mid--;
if(words[mid].compareTo(s) > 0) r = mid - 1;
else if(words[mid].compareTo(s) < 0) l = mid + 1;
else if(words[mid].equals(s)) return mid;
}
return -1;
}
}