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
).
Find the minimum element.
You may assume no duplicate exists in the array.
#if 0 //O(nlogn)
class Solution {
public:
int findMin(std::vector<int> &num) {
std::sort(num.begin(),num.end());
return num[0];
}
};
#endif
#if 1 //O(logn)
class Solution {
public:
int findMin(std::vector<int> &num) {
int left = 0, right = num.size() - 1;
while (left <= right)
{
int mid = left + (right - left) / 2;
if(num[left] <= num[mid] && num[mid] <= num[right])
{
break;
}
if(num[mid] < num[left])
{
right = mid;
}
else if(num[mid] > num[right])
{
left = mid + 1;
}
}
return num[left];
}
};
#endif // 1