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.
public class Solution {
public int findMin(int[] nums) {
if (nums == null || nums.length == 0) {
return 0;
}
int low = 0;
int high = nums.length - 1;
int mid = 0;
while (low < high) {
if (low == high - 1) {
break;
}
if (nums[low] < nums[high]) {
return nums[low];
}
mid = (low + high) / 2;
if (nums[low] > nums[mid]) {
high = mid;
continue;
}
if (nums[mid] > nums[high]) {
low = mid;
continue;
}
while (low < mid) {
if (nums[low] == nums[mid]) {
low++;
} else if (nums[low] < nums[mid]) {
return nums[low];
} else {
high = mid;
break;
}
}
}
return Math.min(nums[low], nums[high]);
}
}