{"id":6753,"date":"2022-03-11T09:50:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T04:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golangbyexamples.com\/?p=6753"},"modified":"2022-03-11T09:58:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T04:28:46","slug":"search-insert-position-golang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golangbyexamples.com\/search-insert-position-golang\/","title":{"rendered":"Search Insert Position Program in Go (Golang)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-light-blue\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/golangbyexamples.com\/search-insert-position-golang\/#Overview\" title=\"Overview\">Overview<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/golangbyexamples.com\/search-insert-position-golang\/#Program\" title=\"Program\">Program<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-large-font-size wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Overview\"><\/span><strong>Overview<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A sorted input array having distinct integers and a target value are given. The objective is to find the insert position for that target value in that array. There are two cases<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>If the target value exists in the given array, then return that index.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>If the target value doesn&#8217;t exist in the given array, return the position at which it will be inserted<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Examples<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-go\">Input: [1,2,3]\nTarget Value: 4\nOutput: 3\n\nInput: [1,2,3]\nTarget Value: 3\nOutput: 2<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-large-font-size wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Program\"><\/span><strong>Program<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Here is the program for the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-go\">package main\n\nimport \"fmt\"\n\nfunc searchInsert(nums []int, target int) int {\n\tlenNums := len(nums)\n\n\tindex := -1\n\n\tif target <= nums[0] {\n\t\treturn 0\n\t}\n\n\tif target > nums[lenNums-1] {\n\t\treturn lenNums\n\t}\n\n\tfor i := 0; i < lenNums; i++ {\n\t\tif target <= nums[i] {\n\t\t\tindex = i\n\t\t\tbreak\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\treturn index\n\n}\n\nfunc main() {\n\tpos := searchInsert([]int{1, 2, 3}, 4)\n\tfmt.Println(pos)\n\n\tpos = searchInsert([]int{1, 2, 3}, 3)\n\tfmt.Println(pos)\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Output<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-\">3\n2<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Note: <\/strong>Check out our Golang Advanced Tutorial. The tutorials in this series are elaborative and we have tried to cover all concepts with examples. This tutorial is for those who are looking to gain expertise and a solid understanding of golang - <a href=\"https:\/\/golangbyexamples.com\/golang-comprehensive-tutorial\/\">Golang Advance Tutorial<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Also if you are interested in understanding how all design patterns can be implemented in Golang. If yes, then this post is for you -<a href=\"https:\/\/golangbyexamples.com\/all-design-patterns-golang\/\">All Design Patterns Golang<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents OverviewProgram Overview A sorted input array having distinct integers and a target value are given. 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