LeetCode算法题目: Search in Rotated Sorted Array

题目：

Suppose an array sorted in ascending order 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.

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分析：

此题目难度为hard，解此题目采用二分查找.难度在于如何确定边界。

二分查找算法就是不断将数组进行对半分割，每次拿中间元素和目标值进行比较。时间复杂度为O（log(n)）

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代码实现：

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