题目:
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.
思路:
类似二分查找法。从中间分开的两个子数组一定一个是升序,一个可能顺序不确定。那么我们判断待选数值是否在升序数组中,若在,在升序子数组中继续查找;否则,再另一数组中继续查找。
代码:
class Solution {
public:
int search(int A[], int n, int target) {
return searchInternal(A, 0, n-1, target);
}
int searchInternal(int A[], int begin, int end, int target){
if(begin + 1 == end || begin == end){
if(A[begin] == target){
return begin;
}
else if(A[end] == target){
return end;
}
else{
return -1;
}
}
int middle = begin + (end - begin) / 2;
if(A[begin] < A[middle]){
if(A[begin] <= target && target <= A[middle]){
return searchInternal(A, begin, middle, target);
}
else{
return searchInternal(A, middle, end, target);
}
}
else if(A[middle] < A[end]){
if(A[middle] <= target && target <= A[end]){
return searchInternal(A, middle, end, target);
}
else{
return searchInternal(A, begin, middle, target);
}
}
}
};