Find First and Last Position of Element in Sorted Array LeetCode (Search for a Range LeetCode)

Given an array of integers nums sorted in non-decreasing order, find the starting and ending position of a given target value.

If target is not found in the array, return [-1, -1].

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

 Example 1:

Input: nums = [5,7,7,8,8,10], target = 8
Output: [3,4]

Example 2:

Input: nums = [5,7,7,8,8,10], target = 6
Output: [-1,-1]

Example 3:

Input: nums = [], target = 0
Output: [-1,-1]

 NOTE:

• 0 <= nums.length <= 105
• -109 <= nums[i] <= 109
• nums is a non-decreasing array.
• -109 <= target <= 109

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SOLUTION:

Source code: Java