题目地址:
https://oj.leetcode.com/problems/find-minimum-in-rotated-sorted-array-ii/
题目内容:
Suppose a sorted array is rotated at some pivot unknown to you beforehand.
(i.e., 0 1 2 4 5 6 7
might become 4 5 6 7 0 1 2
).
Find the minimum element.
The array may contain duplicates.
方法:
此题难点在于元素可重复,因此,关键在于如何分解出子问题。大概思路如下:
设首节点为C,中结点为A,末尾结点为D,则有:
C < D ? 返回 C
C == D ? 找到下一个为C不等的F,递归调用F,D。若不存在F,则返回C
C > D ? C < A ? ---> 递归调用A+1,D
C > A ? ---> 寻找A之前第一个和A不等的值B,若B > A则返回A,若B < A则递归调用C,B
C == A ? ---> 递归调用A+1,D
全部代码:
class Solution {
public:
int findMin(vector<int> &num) {
int len = num.size();
return trueStuff(num,,len - );
} int trueStuff(vector<int> &num,int start,int fin)
{
if (start == fin)
return num[start];
if (num[start] < num[fin])
return num[start];
if (num[start] == num[fin])
{
while (start < fin)
{
if (num[start] != num[fin])
break;
start ++;
}
if (start == fin)
return num[start];
else
return trueStuff(num,start,fin);
}
int mid = (start + fin) / ;
if (num[start] < num[mid])
return trueStuff(num,mid + ,fin);
if (num[start] > num[mid])
{
int tmp = mid;
while (num[tmp] == num[tmp-])
tmp --;
tmp --;
if (num[tmp] > num[mid])
return num[mid];
else
return trueStuff(num,start,tmp);
}
if (num[start] == num[mid])
return trueStuff(num,mid + ,fin);
}
};