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Leetcode 153. Find Minimum in Rotated Sorted Array. Python

153Find Minimum in Rotated Sorted Array


 

Suppose an array of length n sorted in ascending order is rotated between 1 and n times. For example, the array nums = [0,1,2,4,5,6,7] might become:

  • [4,5,6,7,0,1,2] if it was rotated 4 times.
  • [0,1,2,4,5,6,7] if it was rotated 7 times.

Notice that rotating an array [a[0], a[1], a[2], ..., a[n-1]] 1 time results in the array [a[n-1], a[0], a[1], a[2], ..., a[n-2]].

Given the sorted rotated array nums of unique elements, return the minimum element of this array.

You must write an algorithm that runs in O(log n) time.

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [3,4,5,1,2]
Output: 1
Explanation: The original array was [1,2,3,4,5] rotated 3 times.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [4,5,6,7,0,1,2]
Output: 0
Explanation: The original array was [0,1,2,4,5,6,7] and it was rotated 4 times.

Example 3:

Input: nums = [11,13,15,17]
Output: 11
Explanation: The original array was [11,13,15,17] and it was rotated 4 times. 

 

Constraints:

  • n == nums.length
  • 1 <= n <= 5000
  • -5000 <= nums[i] <= 5000
  • All the integers of nums are unique.
  • nums is sorted and rotated between 1 and n times.


class Solution:
    def findMin(self, n: List[int]) -> int:
        ans = n[0]
        l, r = 0, len(n)-1
        
        while l <= r :
            
            #already sorted
            if n[l] < n[r]:
                ans = min(ans,n[l])
                break
                
            #mid trick
            m = (l+r)//2
            ans = min(ans, n[m])
            if n[m] >= n[l]:
                l = m+1
            else:
                r = m-1
        
        return ans 


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