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Problem: Search in Rotated Sorted Array

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Explore how to solve the problem of searching a target value in a rotated sorted array using modified binary search. Learn to handle unique constraints and implement a practical solution that returns the correct index or -1 if the target is not found. This lesson guides you through understanding problem requirements and coding an efficient search algorithm.

Statement

You are given a sorted integer array, nums, and an integer, target. The array may have been rotated by an arbitrary number. Your task is to find and return the index of target in this array. If target does not exist, return -1.

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.
  • 11 \leq nums.length 1000\leq 1000
  • 104-10^4 \leq nums[i] 104\leq 10^4
  • 104-10^4 \leq target 104\leq 10^4
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Problem: Search in Rotated Sorted Array

Medium
30 min
Explore how to solve the problem of searching a target value in a rotated sorted array using modified binary search. Learn to handle unique constraints and implement a practical solution that returns the correct index or -1 if the target is not found. This lesson guides you through understanding problem requirements and coding an efficient search algorithm.

Statement

You are given a sorted integer array, nums, and an integer, target. The array may have been rotated by an arbitrary number. Your task is to find and return the index of target in this array. If target does not exist, return -1.

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.
  • 11 \leq nums.length 1000\leq 1000
  • 104-10^4 \leq nums[i] 104\leq 10^4
  • 104-10^4 \leq target 104\leq 10^4