class Finder {
public:
    int findString(vector<string> str, int n, string x) {
        // write code here
        int start =0;
        int end = n-1;
        while (start <=end) {
            int mid = (start +end) /2;
            if(str[mid] == x) return mid;
            if(str[mid].empty()){
                int mid1=mid,mid2=mid;
                while (str[mid1].empty() && mid1 >= start) {
                    --mid1;
                }
                while (str[mid2].empty() && mid2 <=end) {
                    ++mid2;
                }
                if(str[mid1] == x){
                    return mid1;
                }
                if(str[mid2] == x) {
                    return mid2;
                }
                if (str[mid1] >x ){
                    end = mid1-1;
                    continue;
                }
                if(str[mid2] <x){
                    start = mid2 +1;
                    continue;
                }
                continue;

            }
            if(str[mid]> x) {
                end = mid -1;
                continue;
            }
            if(str[mid] <x){
                start = mid+1;
                continue;
            }
        }
        return -1;
    }
};