feat(work): implement binary search solution for median of two sorted arrays

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Prad Nukala committed 2026-10-05 15:47:05 -04:00
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ return the median of the two sorted arrays.
The overall run time complexity should be O(log (m+n)).
Example 1:
@@ -24,23 +24,47 @@ Input: nums1 = [1,2], nums2 = [3,4]
Output: 2.50000
Explanation: merged array = [1,2,3,4] and median is (2 + 3) / 2 = 2.5.
Constraints:
• nums1.length == m
• nums1.length == m
• nums2.length == n
• nums2.length == n
• 0 <= m <= 1000
• 0 <= m <= 1000
• 0 <= n <= 1000
• 0 <= n <= 1000
• 1 <= m + n <= 2000
• 1 <= m + n <= 2000
• -10^6 <= nums1[i], nums2[i] <= 10^6
• -10^6 <= nums1[i], nums2[i] <= 10^6
"""
class Solution:
def findMedianSortedArrays(self, nums1: list[int], nums2: list[int]) -> float:
if len(nums1) > len(nums2):
return self.findMedianSortedArrays(nums2, nums1)
m, n = len(nums1), len(nums2)
left, right = 0, m
while left <= right:
partA = (left + right) // 2
partB = (m + n + 1) // 2 - partA
maxLeftA = float("-inf") if partA == 0 else nums1[partA - 1]
minRightA = float("inf") if partA == m else nums1[partA]
maxLeftB = float("-inf") if partB == 0 else nums2[partB - 1]
minRightB = float("inf") if partB == n else nums2[partB]
if maxLeftA <= minRightB and maxLeftB <= minRightA:
if (m + n) % 2 == 0:
return (max(maxLeftA, maxLeftB) + min(minRightA, minRightB)) / 2
else:
return max(maxLeftA, maxLeftB)
elif maxLeftA > minRightB:
right = partA - 1
else:
left = partA + 1