Binary search problem

algorithms/CPlusPlus/Searching/rotated-binary-search.cpp

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+// You are given a sorted array of distinct integers. 
+// However, the array has been rotated an unknown number of times in a clockwise direction.
+// Your task is to find the smallest element in the rotated array using the binary search algorithm.
+
+// Write a function findSmallestElement that takes in an array of integers, nums, and its size, n, as parameters.
+// The function should return the smallest element in the rotated array.
+
+// Note:
+
+// The array nums is rotated in a clockwise direction, which means that some elements from the beginning of the original 
+// sorted array have been moved to the end in an unknown pattern.
+// The array does not contain any duplicate elements.
+
+
+
+// C++ program to implement binary search on an array of integers, rotated an unknown number of times.
+#include <iostream>
+using namespace std;
+//Binary search function. It returns the smallest element in the rotated array.
+int findSmallestElement(int nums[], int n) {
+    int low = 0;
+    int high = n - 1;
+    
+    while (low < high) {
+        int mid = low + (high - low) / 2;
+        
+        if (nums[mid] > nums[high]) {
+            low = mid + 1;
+        } else {
+            high = mid;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    return nums[low];
+}
+
+int main() {
+    int nums[] = {5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 2, 3, 4};
+    int n = sizeof(nums) / sizeof(nums[0]);
+    int smallest = findSmallestElement(nums, n);
+    cout << "The smallest element in the rotated array is: " << smallest << endl;
+    return 0;
+}