题目链接
tag:
- Medium;
- Binary Search;
question:
Suppose an array sorted in ascending order 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.
Example 1:
Input: [3,4,5,1,2]
Output: 1
Example 2:
Input: [4,5,6,7,0,1,2]
Output: 0
思路:
本题肯定不能通过直接遍历整个数组来寻找,这方法太简单粗暴,这样的话,旋不旋转就没有意义。因为有序,应该考虑将时间复杂度从简单粗暴的O(n)缩小到O(lgn),这时候想到二分查找法。
首先要判断这个有序数组是否旋转了,通过比较第一个和最后一个数的大小,如果第一个数小,则没有旋转,直接返回这个数。如果第一个数大,就要进一步搜索。我们定义left
和right
两个指针分别指向开头和结尾,还要找到中间数mid
,mid
和left
比较,如果mid
大,则继续二分查找右半段数组,反之查找左半段。终止条件是当左右两个指针相邻,返回小的那个。代码如下:
class Solution {
public:
int findMin(vector<int>& nums) {
int left = 0, right = nums.size() - 1;
if (nums[left] > nums[right]) {
while (left != right-1) {
int mid = (left + right) / 2;
if (nums[left] < nums[mid]) left = mid;
else right = mid;
}
return min(nums[left], nums[right]);
}
return nums[0];
}
};
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