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.
The array may contain duplicates.
class Solution {
public:
int findMin(vector<int>& nums) {
int left = 0, right = nums.size() - 1;
while (left < right && nums[left] >= nums[right]) {
int mid = left + (right - left) / 2;
if (nums[left] == nums[mid])
left++;
else if (nums[mid] < nums[left]) {
right = mid;
} else {
left = mid + 1;
}
}
return nums[left];
}
};