class Solution {
public:
    /**
     * 代码中的类名、方法名、参数名已经指定,请勿修改,直接返回方法规定的值即可
     *
     * 如果目标值存在返回下标,否则返回 -1
     * @param nums int整型vector 
     * @param target int整型 
     * @return int整型
     */
    int t = -1;
    int search(vector<int>& nums, int target) {
        // write code here
        if (nums.empty()) {
            return -1;
        }
        t = target;
        return s(nums, 0, nums.size() - 1);

    }
    int s(vector<int> &nums, int b, int e) {
        int m = (b + e) / 2;
        if (nums[m] == t) {
            do {
                if (nums[m - 1] != t) {
                    break;
                }
            } while(--m);
            return m;
        }
        if (e == b) {
            return -1;
        }
        if (nums[m] > t) {
            return s(nums, b, m - 1);
        }
        return s(nums, m + 1, e);
    }
};