lintcode-medium-Search in Rotated Sorted Array

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).

You are given a target value to search. If found in the array return its index, otherwise return -1.

You may assume no duplicate exists in the array.

Example

For [4, 5, 1, 2, 3] and target=1, return 2.

For [4, 5, 1, 2, 3] and target=0, return -1.

Challenge

O(logN) time

public class Solution {
    /**
     *@param A : an integer rotated sorted array
     *@param target :  an integer to be searched
     *return : an integer
     */
    public int search(int[] A, int target) {
        // write your code here

        if(A == null || A.length == 0)
            return -1;

        int left = 0;
        int right = A.length - 1;

        return search(A, target, left, right);
    }

    public int search(int[] A, int target, int left, int right){

        if(left > right)
            return -1;

        if(left == right){
            if(A[left] == target)
                return left;
            else
                return -1;
        }

        int mid = left + (right - left) / 2;

        if(A[mid] == target)
            return mid;

        if(A[mid] > target){
            if(A[mid] > A[left]){
                int index1 = search(A, target, left, mid - 1);
                int index2 = search(A, target, mid + 1, right);

                if(index1 == -1 && index2 == -1)
                    return -1;
                else if(index1 == -1)
                    return index2;
                else
                    return index1;
            }
            else{
                return search(A, target, left, mid - 1);
            }
        }
        else{
            if(A[mid] > A[left]){
                return search(A, target, mid + 1, right);
            }
            else{
                int index1 = search(A, target, left, mid - 1);
                int index2 = search(A, target, mid + 1, right);

                if(index1 == -1 && index2 == -1)
                    return -1;
                else if(index1 == -1)
                    return index2;
                else
                    return index1;
            }
        }

    }

}