Code RoomSearch rotated sorted array
MediumPrep Room Coding #1572

Search rotated sorted array

CodingAlgorithms & data structuresMid–Senior~25 min

Given a sorted array that has been rotated at an unknown pivot and a target, return the target's index or -1.

Implement
search_rotated(nums: list[int], target: int) → int
Examples
in[[4,5,6,7,0,1,2],0]out4
What a strong answer looks like

State your approach and its time/space complexity out loud before you optimize. Handle the edge cases (empty input, duplicates, overflow), and say why you chose this over the brute force. Green tests are the floor, not the grade.

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InputExpectedGot
[[4,5,6,7,0,1,2],0]4not run yetsample