Medium
Search in Rotated Sorted Array
Medium
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Array
Binary Search
Problem Description
There is an integer array `nums` sorted in ascending order (with **distinct** values).
Prior to being passed to your function, `nums` is **possibly rotated** at an unknown pivot index `k` such that the resulting array is `[nums[k], nums[k+1], ..., nums[n-1], nums[0], nums[1], ..., nums[k-1]]`. For example, `[0,1,2,4,5,6,7]` might be rotated at pivot index `3` and become `[4,5,6,7,0,1,2]`.
Given the array `nums` after the possible rotation and an integer `target`, return the index of `target` if it is in `nums`, or `-1` if it is not in `nums`.
You must write an algorithm with **O(log n)** runtime complexity.
**Example 1:**
Input: nums = [4,5,6,7,0,1,2], target = 0
Output: 4
**Example 2:**
Input: nums = [4,5,6,7,0,1,2], target = 3
Output: -1
**Example 3:**
Input: nums = [1], target = 0
Output: -1
Constraints
- 1 <= nums.length <= 5000
- -10^4 <= nums[i] <= 10^4
- All values of nums are **unique**
- nums is an ascending array that is possibly rotated
- -10^4 <= target <= 10^4
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