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.
int search(int A[], int n, int target) {
// Note: The Solution object is instantiated only once.
int begin = 0;
int end = n-1;
while(begin < end)
{
int mid = (begin+end)/2;
if(A[mid] == target)return mid;
else if(A[begin] <= A[mid])
{
if(A[begin] <= target && target < A[mid])
end = mid-1;
else
begin = mid+1;
}
else
{
if(A[mid] < target && target <= A[end])
begin = mid+1;
else
end = mid-1;
}
}
if(begin==end && A[begin]==target)
return begin;
else
return -1;
}