33. Search in Rotated Sorted Array

Suppose an array sorted in ascending order 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.

假设有一个排序的按未知的旋转轴旋转的数组(比如，0 1 2 4 5 6 7 可能成为4 5 6 7 0 1 2)。给定一个目标值进行搜索，如果在数组中找到目标值返回数组中的索引位置，否则返回-1。

    public int search(int[] nums, int target) {
        int n = nums.length;
        int lo=0,hi=n-1;
        // find the index of the smallest value using binary search.
        // Loop will terminate since mid < hi, and lo or hi will shrink by at least 1.
        // Proof by contradiction that mid < hi: if mid==hi, then lo==hi and loop would have been terminated.
        while(lo<hi){
            int mid=(lo+hi)/2;
            if(nums[mid]>nums[hi]) lo=mid+1;
            else hi=mid;
        }
        // lo==hi is the index of the smallest value and also the number of places rotated.
        int rot=lo;
        lo=0;hi=n-1;
        // The usual binary search and accounting for rotation.
        while(lo<=hi){
            int mid=(lo+hi)/2;
            int realmid=(mid+rot)%n;
            if(nums[realmid]==target)return realmid;
            if(nums[realmid]<target)lo=mid+1;
            else hi=mid-1;
        }
        return -1;
    }