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