题目:
Suppose a sorted array is rotated at some pivot unknown to you beforehand.
(i.e., 0 1 2 4 5 6 7might become4 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.
解答代码:
int binarySearch(int A[], int start, int end, int key)
{
int mid;
while (start <= end)
{
mid = (start + end) / 2;
if (A[mid] == key)
{
return mid;
}
if (A[start] <= A[mid])
{
if (A[start] <= key && key < A[mid])
end = mid;
else
start = mid + 1;
}
else
{
if (A[mid] < key && key <= A[end])
start = mid + 1;
else
end = mid;
}
}
return -1;
}
解答要点:找到mid后分为两半处理,其中必然有一半是有序的,判断key是否在这有序数组中,如果在则继续在这数组中查找,否则在另一数组中查找