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/* C++ Program to search an element
in a sorted and pivoted array*/
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
/* Standard Binary Search function*/
int binarySearch(int arr[], int low,
int high, int key)
{
if (high < low)
return -1;
int mid = (low + high)/2; /*low + (high - low)/2;*/
if (key == arr[mid])
return mid;
if (key > arr[mid])
return binarySearch(arr, (mid + 1), high, key);
// else
return binarySearch(arr, low, (mid -1), key);
}
/* Function to get pivot. For array 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2
it returns 3 (index of 6) */
int findPivot(int arr[], int low, int high)
{
// base cases
if (high < low) return -1;
if (high == low) return low;
int mid = (low + high)/2; /*low + (high - low)/2;*/
if (mid < high && arr[mid] > arr[mid + 1])
return mid;
if (mid > low && arr[mid] < arr[mid - 1])
return (mid-1);
if (arr[low] >= arr[mid])
return findPivot(arr, low, mid-1);
return findPivot(arr, mid + 1, high);
}
/* Searches an element key in a pivoted
sorted array arr[] of size n */
int pivotedBinarySearch(int arr[], int n, int key)
{
int pivot = findPivot(arr, 0, n-1);
// If we didn't find a pivot,
// then array is not rotated at all
if (pivot == -1)
return binarySearch(arr, 0, n-1, key);
// If we found a pivot, then first compare with pivot
// and then search in two subarrays around pivot
if (arr[pivot] == key)
return pivot;
if (arr[0] <= key)
return binarySearch(arr, 0, pivot-1, key);
return binarySearch(arr, pivot+1, n-1, key);
}
/* Driver program to check above functions */
int main()
{
// Let us search 3 in below array
int arr1[] = {5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1, 2, 3};
int n = sizeof(arr1)/sizeof(arr1[0]);
int key = 3;
// Function calling
cout << "Index of the element is : " <<
pivotedBinarySearch(arr1, n, key);
return 0;
}
// source : gfg
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