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.
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public class Solution {
public int findMin(int[] num) {
if(num.length < 1)
return 0;
int left = 0;
int right = num.length - 1;
while(left < right){
int mid = (left + right) /2;
if(num[mid] > num[right]){
left = mid + 1;//-------
}else
right = mid;
}
return num[left];
}
}
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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.
The array may contain duplicates.
public class Solution {
public int findMin(int[] num) {
if(num.length < 1)
return 0;
int left = 0;
int right = num.length - 1;
while(left < right && num[left] >= num[right]){
int mid = (left + right)/2;
if(num[mid] > num[right])
left = mid + 1;
else if(num[mid] < num[left])
right = mid;
else//num[left] == num[right] == num[mid]
left++;
}
return num[left];
}
}