Search in Rotated Sorted Array
Q: 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
).
You are given a target value to search. If found in the array return its index, otherwise return -1.
You may assume no duplicate exists in the array.
A: 递归+二分查找。
int bisearch(int A[],int begin,int end,int target) { if(begin>end) return -1; int middle = begin+(end-begin)/2; if(A[middle] == target) return middle; if(A[begin]>A[end]) { int pos1 = bisearch(A,begin,middle-1,target); int pos2 = bisearch(A,middle+1,end,target); return (pos1!=-1?pos1:pos2); }else {
//这里不能写成return bisearch(A,begin,end,target);---这样相当于搜索的范围永远不会减少。。死循环 if(A[middle]>target) return bisearch(A,begin,middle-1,target); else return bisearch(A,middle+1,end,target); } } int search(int A[], int n, int target) { // Start typing your C/C++ solution below // DO NOT write int main() function return bisearch(A,0,n-1,target); }