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.
思路:二分缩小范围,直到找到。
注意: after rotating at pivot, cases may be (0 1 2 3) (3 2 1 0) (2 3 0 1)
so think twice when you code !
class Solution { public: int findMin(vector<int> &num) { int n = num.size(); return find(num,0,n-1); } int find(vector<int> &num, int a, int b){ int k = (a+b)/2; if(num[k]>num[b]) return find(num,k+1,b); else if(num[k]<num[a]) return find(num,a,k); else return num[a]; } };
另一种解法如下,单丝while(a<=b)就会出错。这是为何??待我想想
class Solution { public: int findMin(vector<int> &num) { int a=0; int b=num.size()-1; int k=0; while(a<b){ k = (a+b)/2; if(num[k]>num[b]) a=k+1; else b=k; } return num[a]; } };
PS:sort by pivot 的方法是 插入排序。具体方法~~~