lc153-Find Minimum 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).

Find the minimum element.

You may assume no duplicate exists in the array.

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class Solution {
public:
int findMin(vector<int>& nums) {
int l = 0, r = nums.size()-1;
while (l<r-1) {
if (nums[l] < nums[r]) return nums[l];
int mid = (l+r)/2;
if (nums[mid]>nums[l] && nums[r]<nums[l])
l = mid;
else //if (nums[mid]>nums[l] && nums[r]<nums[l])
r = mid;
}
return nums[l]<nums[r]?nums[l]:nums[r];
}
};