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A peak element is an element that is strictly greater than its neighbors.
Given an integer array nums
, find a peak element, and return its index. If the array contains multiple peaks, return the index to any of the peaks.
You may imagine that nums[-1] = nums[n] = -∞
.
You must write an algorithm that runs in O(log n)
time.
Example 1:
Input: nums = [1,2,3,1]
Output: 2
Explanation: 3 is a peak element and your function should return the index number 2.
Example 2:
Input: nums = [1,2,1,3,5,6,4]
Output: 5
Explanation: Your function can return either index number 1 where the peak element is 2, or index number 5 where the peak element is 6.
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**Constraints:**
1 <= nums.length <= 1000 -2^31 <= nums[i] <= 2^31 - 1 nums[i] != nums[i + 1] for all valid i.