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Medium#34
LeetCode Problem

Find First and Last Position of Element in Sorted Array

Problem Statement

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.

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Examples

# 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]

Constraints

0 <= nums.length <= 10^5
-10^9 <= nums[i] <= 10^9
nums is a non-decreasing array.
-10^9 <= target <= 10^9

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