How to learn Find First and Last Occurrence for coding interviews?

Master Find First and Last Occurrence by understanding the core concept and practicing related problems. Key topics: first occurrence, last occurrence, lower bound, upper bound, search range.

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Find First and Last Occurrence

Learn to find first and last occurrence of elements using binary search. Master lower bound and upper bound concepts.

Topics

first occurrencelast occurrencelower boundupper boundsearch rangeleetcode 34

What you'll learn

•Core concepts and intuition behind Find First and Last Occurrence
•Step-by-step implementation with code examples
•Time and space complexity analysis
•Common interview problems and variations

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