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There is an integer array nums sorted in ascending order (with distinct values).
Prior to being passed to your function, nums is possibly rotated at an unknown pivot index k (1 <= k < nums.length) such that the resulting array is [nums[k], nums[k+1], ..., nums[n-1], nums[0], nums[1], ..., nums[k-1]] (0-indexed). For example, [0,1,2,4,5,6,7] might be rotated at pivot index 3 and become [4,5,6,7,0,1,2].
Given the array nums after the possible rotation and an integer target, return the index of target if it is in nums, or -1 if it is not in nums.
You must write an algorithm with O(log n) runtime complexity.
Example 1:
Input: nums = [4,5,6,7,0,1,2], target = 0 Output: 4
Example 2:
Input: nums = [4,5,6,7,0,1,2], target = 3 Output: -1
Example 3:
Input: nums = [1], target = 0 Output: -1
Constraints:
1 <= nums.length <= 5000-104 <= nums[i] <= 104- All values of
numsare unique. numsis an ascending array that is possibly rotated.-104 <= target <= 104
Python
from typing import List
class Solution:
def search(self, nums: List[int], target: int) -> int:
# return nums.index(target) if target in nums else -1
n = len(nums)
left, right = 0, n-1
while left <= right:
mid = left + (right - left) // 2
if nums[mid] > nums[-1]:
left = mid + 1
else:
right = mid - 1
def binarySearch(left_boundary: int, right_boundary: int, target: int):
left, right = left_boundary, right_boundary
while left <= right:
mid = left + (right - left) // 2
if nums[mid] == target:
return mid
elif nums[mid] > target:
right = mid - 1
else:
left = mid + 1
return -1
if (answer := binarySearch(0, left-1, target)) != -1:
return answer
return binarySearch(left, n-1, target)

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