Problem
Follow up for "Find Minimum in Rotated Sorted Array": What if duplicates are allowed?
Would this affect the run-time complexity? How and why?
注解:此题的关键是对情况进行逐步细分,然后再搜索相应的子数组。
<pre name="code" class="cpp">class Solution {
private:
int helper(vector<int>& nums, int left, int right) {
if (left==right||nums[right]>nums[left]) {
return nums[left];
}
int mid = (left+right)/2;
if ((nums[right]<nums[left]&&nums[mid]>=nums[left])||(nums[right]==nums[left]&&nums[mid]>nums[left])) {
return helper(nums, mid+1, right);
}
if ((nums[right]==nums[left]&&nums[mid]<nums[left])||(nums[right]<nums[left]&&nums[mid]<nums[left])) {
return helper(nums, left, mid); //注意这里保留了mid,因为mid可能为0
}
if(nums[right]==nums[left]&&nums[mid]==nums[left]) {
return helper(nums, left+1, right);
}
}
public:
int findMin(vector<int>& nums) {
int n = (int)nums.size();
return helper(nums, 0, n-1);
}
};