Solutions to high-frequency interview questions of LeetCode in C++17, taking into account both efficiency and comprehensibility.
O(n)
class Solution {
public:
int findPeakElement(vector<int>& nums) {
auto it = adjacent_find(nums.begin(), nums.end(), greater<int>{});
return it == nums.end() ? nums.size() - 1 : it - nums.begin();
}
};
O(log n)
class Solution {
public:
int findPeakElement(vector<int>& nums) {
int l = 0;
int r = nums.size();
while (l < r) {
int m = l + (r - l) / 2;
if (m > 0 && nums[m] < nums[m - 1]) {
r = m;
} else {
l = m + 1;
}
}
return l - 1;
}
};