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.
Solution:Code:
<span style="font-size:14px;">class Solution {
public:
int binarySearch(int A[], int begin, int end, const int &target) {
if (begin > end) return -1;
int mid = (begin+end)/2;
if(A[mid] == target) return mid;
else if (A[begin] <= A[mid]) {
if (A[begin] <= target && target < A[mid]) return binarySearch(A, begin, mid-1, target);
else return binarySearch(A, mid+1, end, target);
} else if (A[mid] <= A[end]) {
if (A[mid] < target && target <= A[end]) return binarySearch(A, mid+1, end, target);
else return binarySearch(A, begin, mid-1, target);
}
}
int search(int A[], int n, int target) {
return binarySearch(A, 0, n-1, target);
}
};</span>