33. Search in Rotated Sorted Array

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.

二分查找的思路解题，虽然数组被rotate了，但是mid的左边或者右边，总有一边是sort的。我们需要判断哪边是order的，还有target是不是在这边，如果是，继续搜索这边，如果不是，搜索另一边。代码如下：

public class Solution {
    public int search(int[] nums, int target) {
        int start = 0, end = nums.length - 1;
        while (start <= end) {
            int mid = start + (end - start) / 2;
            if (nums[mid] == target) {
                return mid;
            }
            if (nums[start] <= nums[mid]) {
                if (target >= nums[start] && target < nums[mid]) {
                    end = mid - 1;
                } else {
                    start = mid + 1;
                }
            }
            if (nums[end] >= nums[mid]) {
                if (target <= nums[end] && target > nums[mid]) {
                    start = mid + 1;
                } else {
                    end = mid - 1;
                }
            }
        }
        return -1;
    }
}