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Solution: Search in Rotated Sorted Array

Solution: Search in Rotated Sorted Array

Let's solve the Search in Rotated Sorted Array problem using the Modified Binary Search pattern.

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Statement

Given a sorted integer array, nums, and an integer value, target, the array is rotated by some arbitrary number. Search and return the index of target in this array. If the target does not exist, return -11.

An original sorted array before rotation is given below:

g array 1 10 20 47 59 63 75 88 99 107 120 133 155 162 176 188 199 200 210 222

After rotating this array 6 times, it changes to:

g array 176 188 199 200 210 222 1 10 20 47 59 63 75 88 99 107 120 133 155 162

Constraints:

  • All values in nums are unique.
  • The values in nums are sorted in ascending order.
  • The array may have been rotated by some arbitrary number.
  • 1≤1 \leq nums.length ≤1000\leq 1000
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