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CN-11. Find smallest number in the shifted array

tags
BinarySearch
source
leetcode-cn

Edge Cases

Solution

class Solution {
    public int minArray(int[] numbers) {
        int left = 0, right = numbers.length - 1;

        while (left < right) {
            int mid = left + (right - left) / 2;
            if (numbers[mid] < numbers[right]) {
                right = mid;
            } else if (numbers[mid] > numbers[right]) {
                left = mid + 1;
            } else {
                right -= 1;  // important
            }
        }

        return numbers[left];
    }
}

Complexity

  • time: O(lgN), worst O(N)
  • space: O(1)