leetcode 34 Search for a Range

class Solution {
public:
    vector<int> searchRange(vector<int>& nums, int target) {
        int idx = search(nums, 0, nums.size() - 1, target);
        if (idx == -1) return {-1, -1};
        int left = idx, right = idx;
        while (left > 0 && nums[left - 1] == nums[idx]) --left;
        while (right < nums.size() - 1 && nums[right + 1] == nums[idx]) ++right;
        return {left, right};
    }
    int search(vector<int>& nums, int left, int right, int target) {
        if (left > right) return -1;
        int mid = left + (right - left) / 2;
        if (nums[mid] == target) return mid;
        else if (nums[mid] < target) return search(nums, mid + 1, right, target);
        else return search(nums, left, mid - 1, target);
    }