Description:
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.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class Solution
{
public:
int search(int A[], int n, int target)
{
int first = 0, last = n;
while (first != last)
{
int mid = first + (last-first)/2;
if (target == A[mid])
return mid;
if (A[first] <= A[mid])
{
if (A[first] <= target && target < A[mid])
last = mid;
else
first = mid+1;
}
else
{
if (A[mid] < target && target <= A[last-1])
first = mid+1;
else
last = mid;
}
}
return -1;
}
};
int main()
{
int A[8] = {4,5,6,7,0,1,2,3};
int target,index;
cout<<"please input the number to search: ";
cin>>target;
Solution solution;
index = solution.search(A,8,target);
cout<<index;
cout<<endl;
return 0;
}