function findInCircularlySortedAry (ary = [], target) { if (ary && ary.length === 0) { return -1; } if (ary.length === 1) { return ary[0] === target ? 0 : -1; } let low = 0, high = ary.length - 1; while(low <= high) { let mid = Math.floor((low + high) / 2); // case 1: target === middle item, return found if (ary[mid] === target) { return mid; } // To find which parts (left or right) is sorted // case 2: if middle < high, mean from middle to high is sorted if (ary[mid] < ary[high]) { if (target > ary[mid] && target <= ary[high]) { low = mid + 1; } else { high = mid - 1; } } // case 3: if low < middle, mean from low to middle is sorted else { if (target >= ary[low] && target < ary[mid]) { high = mid -1; } else { low = mid + 1; } } } return -1; } const data = [12,14,18,21,3,6,8,9]; const res = findInCircularlySortedAry(data,18); // 2 console.log(res);
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