题目:Find Minimum in Rotated Sorted Array
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.
解题思路:
使用二分查找,需要注意的是为了防止rotated sorted array退化成这种情况,1,2,3,4,5.
在比较的时候需要先和end比较。
代码:
public int findMin(int[] nums) {
if (nums == null || nums.length == 0) {
return -1;
}
int start = 0;
int end = nums.length - 1;
int mid;
while (start + 1 < end) {
mid = start + ((end - start) >> 1);
//为了防止rotated array 蜕化成这种
//1 2 3 4 5 6
//需要先和end 比较
if (nums[mid] <= nums[end]) {
end = mid;
} else {
start = mid;
}
}
if (nums[start] < nums[end]) {
return nums[start];
}
return nums[end];
}
题目:Find Minimum in Rotated Sorted Array II
还是上面的题目,唯一的改变是如果rotated sorted array 中有重复的数字呢。
解题思路:
还是使用二分查找,需要注意的是还是开始和end比较,情况同上。
mid等于end的时候,end往前一步。
public int findMin(int[] nums) {
if (nums == null || nums.length == 0) {
return -1;
}
int start = 0;
int end = nums.length - 1;
int mid;
while (start + 1 < end) {
mid = start + ((end -start) >> 1);
if (nums[mid] < nums[end]) {
end = mid;
} else if (nums[mid] > nums[end]) {
start = mid;
} else {
//如果相等则 end 往前一步
--end;
}
}
if (nums[start] < nums[end]) {
return nums[start];
}
return nums[end];
}
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