Suppose a sorted array is rotated at some pivot unknown to you beforehand.
(i.e., 0 1 2 4 5 6 7
might become 4 5 6 7 0 1 2
).
Find the minimum element.
You may assume no duplicate exists in the array.
public class Solution {
public int findMin(int[] nums) {
if(nums.length==0) return 0;
int start = 0;
int end = nums.length-1;
int mid = (start+end)/2;
int min = 1<<100;
while(start<end){
if(nums[mid]>nums[end]){
start = mid+1;
mid = (start+end)/2;
}else if(nums[mid]<nums[end]){
end = mid;
mid = (start+end)/2;
}else{
for(int i=start;i<=end;i++){
if(nums[i]<min) min = nums[i];
}
return min;
}
}
return nums[start];
}
}