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#153 - Find Minimum in Rotated Sorted Array
Problem Description
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.
Solution
/**
* @param {number[]} nums
* @return {number}
*/
var findMin = function(nums) {
let left = 0;
let right = nums.length - 1;
while (left < right) {
const mid = Math.floor((left + right) / 2);
if (nums[mid] <= nums[right]) {
right = mid;
} else {
left = mid + 1;
}
}
return nums[left];
};