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    Minimum in a rotated sorted array

    Mediumbinary searcharray

    nums was sorted ascending without duplicates and then rotated an unknown number of times ([0,1,2,4,5] might become [4,5,0,1,2]). Return the smallest value in O(log n).

    Example 1

    Input:  nums = [3,4,5,1,2]
    Output: 1

    Example 2

    Input:  nums = [11,13,15,17]
    Output: 11

    Constraints

    • 1 ≤ nums.length ≤ 5000
    • -5000 ≤ nums[i] ≤ 5000
    • Values are distinct

    Submit checks your solution against 9 tests, including hidden ones.

    /**
     * @param {int[]} nums
     * @return {int}
     */
    function findMin(nums) {
      
    }
    
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