Add solution for Challenge 21 by akolpakov-somehash

challenge-21/submissions/akolpakov-somehash/solution-template.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	// Example sorted array for testing
+	arr := []int{1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19}
+
+	// Test binary search
+	target := 7
+	index := BinarySearch(arr, target)
+	fmt.Printf("BinarySearch: %d found at index %d\n", target, index)
+
+	// Test recursive binary search
+	recursiveIndex := BinarySearchRecursive(arr, target, 0, len(arr)-1)
+	fmt.Printf("BinarySearchRecursive: %d found at index %d\n", target, recursiveIndex)
+
+	// Test find insert position
+	insertTarget := 8
+	insertPos := FindInsertPosition(arr, insertTarget)
+	fmt.Printf("FindInsertPosition: %d should be inserted at index %d\n", insertTarget, insertPos)
+}
+
+// BinarySearch performs a standard binary search to find the target in the sorted array.
+// Returns the index of the target if found, or -1 if not found.
+func BinarySearch(arr []int, target int) int {
+	l, r := 0, len(arr)-1
+	for l <= r {
+		mid := l + (r-l)/2
+		if arr[mid] == target {
+			return mid
+		}
+		if arr[mid] < target {
+			l = mid + 1
+		} else {
+			r = mid - 1
+		}
+	}
+	return -1
+}
+
+
+// BinarySearchRecursive performs binary search using recursion.
+// Returns the index of the target if found, or -1 if not found.
+func BinarySearchRecursive(arr []int, target int, left int, right int) int {
+	if left > right {
+		return -1
+	}
+	mid := left + (right-left)/2
+	if arr[mid] == target {
+		return mid
+	}
+	if arr[mid] < target {
+		return BinarySearchRecursive(arr, target, mid+1, right)
+	}
+	return BinarySearchRecursive(arr, target, left, mid-1)
+}
+
+// FindInsertPosition returns the index where the target should be inserted
+// to maintain the sorted order of the array.
+func FindInsertPosition(arr []int, target int) int {
+	l, r := 0, len(arr) // r is exclusive
+	for l < r {
+		mid := l + (r-l)/2
+		if arr[mid] < target {
+			l = mid + 1
+		} else {
+			r = mid
+		}
+	}
+	return l
+}