153. Find Minimum in Rotated Sorted Array

Problem Description:

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]).

Find the minimum element.

You may assume no duplicate exists in the array.

Example 1:

Input: [3,4,5,1,2] 
Output: 1

Example 2:

Input: [4,5,6,7,0,1,2]
Output: 0

Analysis:

本题利用了其旋转的特点，从后向前遍历找到第一个数值其小于后面一个值。代码如下：

Code:

class Solution {
    public int findMin(int[] nums) {
        for(int i = nums.length - 2; i >= 0; i--) {
            if(nums[i] > nums[i + 1]) {
                return nums[i + 1];
            }
        }
        return nums[0];
    }
}