(Leetcode Challenge) Search Insert Position

2020-06-10 Jun Young ChoiAlgorithm

Description:

Given a sorted array 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 may assume no duplicates in the array.

Example 1:

Input: [1,3,5,6], 5
Output: 2

Example 2:

Input: [1,3,5,6], 2
Output: 1

Example 3:

Input: [1,3,5,6], 7
Output: 4

Example 4:

Input: [1,3,5,6], 0
Output: 0

Code:

class Solution {
    public int searchInsert(int[] nums, int target) {
        
        int result = 0;
        
        for(int idx=0; idx<nums.length; idx+=1) {
            if(nums[idx] == target || nums[idx] > target) {
                result = idx;
                break;
            } else {
                result += 1;
            }
        }
        
        return result;
    }
}