soluton.py

class Solution:
    def search(self, nums, target):
        """
        :type nums: List[int]
        :type target: int
        :rtype: int
        """
        def find_rotate_index(left, right):
            if nums[left] < nums[right]:
                return 0
            
            while left <= right:
                pivot = (left + right) // 2
                if nums[pivot] > nums[pivot + 1]:
                    return pivot + 1
                else:
                    if nums[pivot] < nums[left]:
                        right = pivot - 1
                    else:
                        left = pivot + 1
                
        def search(left, right):
            """
            Binary search
            """
            while left <= right:
                pivot = (left + right) // 2
                if nums[pivot] == target:
                    return pivot
                else:
                    if target < nums[pivot]:
                        right = pivot - 1
                    else:
                        left = pivot + 1
            return -1
        
        n = len(nums)
        
        if n == 0:
            return -1
        if n == 1:
            return 0 if nums[0] == target else -1 
        
        rotate_index = find_rotate_index(0, n - 1)
        print(rotate_index)
        # if target is the smallest element
        if nums[rotate_index] == target:
            return rotate_index
        # if array is not rotated, search in the entire array
        if rotate_index == 0:
            return search(0, n - 1)
        if target < nums[0]:
            # search on the right side
            return search(rotate_index, n - 1)
        print("search on the left side")
        return search(0, rotate_index)
array=[4,3,5,6,7]
target=7
print(Solution().search(array,target))