programming-examples/ruby/Arrays/SearchInSortedRotatedArray.rb

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# A sorted array is rotated at some unknown point, Search given element in it
# Time-complexity: O(logn),Auxiliary-space:O(1)
# Algorithm: Binary-Search
def search(a,key)
lo=0
hi=a.length-1
while lo<=hi
mid=lo+(hi-lo)/2
if a[mid]==key
return mid
elsif a[mid]>=a[lo]
if (a[mid]>key && a[lo]<=key)
hi=mid-1
else
lo=mid+1
end
else
if (a[mid]<key && a[hi]>=key)
lo=mid+1
else
hi=mid-1
end
end
end
return -1
end
# It doesnt look possible to search in O(Logn) time in all cases when duplicates are allowed.
# Consider searching 0 in {2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 0, 2} and {2, 0, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2}.