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Data Structures & Algorithms easy

Binary search

Return the index of target in a sorted list, or -1 if not present.

searching binary-search

Data Structures & Algorithms easy

Index of peak element

Implement a function that returns the index of any peak element in a given integer array.

arrays search peak

Data Structures & Algorithms medium

Find Peak Element

Implement a function that returns the index of any peak element in an integer array.

arrays search binary-search

Data Structures & Algorithms easy

Previous Smaller Element

Find the nearest previous index with a smaller value for every element in an array.

arrays stack monotonic-stack

Data Structures & Algorithms easy

Exponential Search

Implement exponential search to find any valid index of a target in a sorted list.

searching sorted-array algorithms

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Data Structures & Algorithms — Python coding challenges

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