[LeetCode]Search in Rotated Sorted Array

题目

Number: 33
Difficulty: Hard
Tags: Array, Binary Search

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).

You are given a target value to search. If found in the array return its index, otherwise return -1.

You may assume no duplicate exists in the array.

题解

一个有序数组被从中间某个位置反转过一次，变为两部分有序的数组，从中找出目标值。假设没有重复的值。

思路还是二分查找，但是需要仔细考虑每一种情况。

代码

int search(vector<int>& nums, int target) {
    int l = 0, h = nums.size() - 1;
    while(l < h){
        int mid = l + (h - l) / 2;
        if(nums[mid] == target)
            return mid;
        if(nums[l] <= nums[mid]){
            if(nums[mid] > target && nums[l] <= target)
                h = mid - 1;
            else 
                l = mid + 1;
        }
        else{
            if(nums[mid] < target && nums[h] >= target)
                l = mid + 1;
            else
                h = mid - 1;
        }
    }
    return nums[l] == target ? l : -1;;
}