Binary Search Patterns - Beyond Sorted Arrays

Public lesson preview

Learn the binary search mindset: search spaces, binary search on answer, and patterns that appear in dozens of interview problems.

Learning objectives

By the end of this lesson, you will understand:

• ✓Classic Binary Search - A Quick Review
• ✓The Search Space Concept
• ✓Binary Search on Answer
• ✓Rotated Sorted Array
• ✓First and Last Occurrence

Lesson outline

1. Classic Binary Search - A Quick Review
2. The Search Space Concept
3. Binary Search on Answer
4. Example: Koko Eating Bananas
5. Rotated Sorted Array
6. First and Last Occurrence
7. Peak Element
8. Search in a 2D Matrix
9. Square Root Without a Library
10. The "Minimise the Maximum" Pattern
11. The Universal Template
12. 📚 Further Reading