Problem:
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.
解题关键:在于确定mid位于转折点之前,还是之后
solution:
class Solution:
# @param A, a list of integers
# @param target, an integer to be searched
# @return an integer
def search(self, A, target):
low = 0
high = len(A)
while high != low:
mid = (low+high)/2
if A[mid] == target:
return mid
if A[low] < A[mid]:
if target<A[mid] and A[low] <= target:
high = mid
else:
low += 1
else:
if A[mid] < target and target <= A[high-1]:
low = mid + 1
else:
high = mid
return -1