33. Search in Rotated Sorted Array
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Difficulty: medium Acceptance: 43% Topics: Array, Binary Search
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Reference solution (spoiler · python)
# Time: O(logn)
# Space: O(1)
class Solution(object):
def search(self, nums, target):
"""
:type nums: List[int]
:type target: int
:rtype: int
"""
left, right = 0, len(nums) - 1
while left <= right:
mid = left + (right - left) / 2
if nums[mid] == target:
return mid
elif (nums[mid] >= nums[left] and nums[left] <= target < nums[mid]) or \
(nums[mid] < nums[left] and not (nums[mid] < target <= nums[right])):
right = mid - 1
else:
left = mid + 1
return -1
Solution from kamyu104/LeetCode-Solutions · MIT