原题:
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.
原题意思是在一个排序并且又作了旋转的数组中查找指定数字
假设数组A = [a1,a2,...an,b1,b2,...bm]中a1...an依次递增,b1...bm依次递增,bm<a1。现查找数字x。
1. 如果x>=a1,根据题目意思b1...bm<a1,那么数字x一定不会是b1...bm中的一个。
2.mid = (0+A.length-1)/2,如果A[mid]==x则直接返回结果,A[mid]有可能是b1...bm中的一员,如果是那么X一定在a1...A[mid]中(结论1,即使在A[mid]小于x的情形下);否则表示X是a1...an中的一个,当X小于A[mid]则在a1...a[mid]中查找,当X大于A[mid]则在A[mid]...bm中查找;
3.判断A[mid]是否是b1...bm中的一员只要将A[mid]与A[0]比较即可
4.x<a1时采用同样的方法搜索
下面的代码应该还可以简化,有重复结构,算法复杂度logn
public class Solution {
public int solve(int[] nums, int target, int left, int right){
if(left >= right){
if(left>=0 && left<nums.length && nums[left] == target){
return left;
}
if(right<nums.length && right>=0 && nums[right] == target){
return right;
}
return -1;
}
int mid = (left+right)/2;
if(nums[mid] == target){
return mid;
}
if(target >= nums[left]){//一定在左侧
if(nums[mid] >= nums[left]){
if(target < nums[mid]){
return solve(nums, target, left, mid-1);
}else{
return solve(nums, target, mid+1, right);
}
}else{
return solve(nums, target, left ,mid-1);
}
}
else{//一定在右侧
if(nums[mid] < nums[right]){//如果整个右侧是排好序的
if(target < nums[mid]){
return solve(nums, target, left, mid-1);
}else{
return solve(nums, target, mid+1, right);
}
}else{//右侧也是未完全排序的,那么target一定在右侧mid+1后,不论target大于或是小于nums[mid]
return solve(nums, target, mid+1 ,right);
}
}
}
public int search(int[] nums, int target) {
return solve(nums, target, 0, nums.length - 1);
}
}