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.
分析:
这道题给出了一个有序数组,找出数组中最小的元素,其实就是找出第一个小于最后一个元素出现的位置,
比如题中给出的 4 5 6 0 1 2 ,
最后一个元素为2,
只需要找出第一个小于2的元素出现的位置。
之所以不用第一个元素作为target,因为翻转数组有一种极限情况,那就是完全不翻转,就是0 1 4 5 6 7,
这种情况下如果用第一个元素作为target就会出错。
// find the first element that <= targrt, the last element is the target.
public class Solution {
// find the first element that <= targrt, the last element is the target.
public int findMin(int[] nums) {
if (nums.length == 0){
return 0;
}
int start = 0, end = nums.length;
int target = nums[nums.length - 1];
int mid;
while (start + 1 < end){
mid = start + (end - start) / 2;
if (nums[mid] <= target){
end = mid;
}else{
start = mid;
}
}
if (nums[start] <= target){
return nums[start];
}else{
return nums[end];
}
}
}