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search in a rotated sorted array

class Solution {
    public int search(int[] nums, int target) {
        int start = 0, end = nums.length - 1;
        while (start <= end) {
            int mid = ( start + end) / 2;
            if (nums[mid] == target) {
                return mid;
            }
            if (nums[start] <= nums[mid]) {
                if (nums[start] <= target && target < nums[mid]) {
                    end = mid -1;
                }
                else {
                    start = mid + 1;
                }
            }
            else{
                if (nums[mid] < target && target <= nums[end]) {
                    start = mid + 1;
                }
                else {
                    end = mid -1;
                }
            }
        }
        return -1;
    }
}