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Median Of Two Sorted Arrays

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package com.thealgorithms.divideandconquer;

public final class MedianOfTwoSortedArrays {

    private MedianOfTwoSortedArrays() {
    }

    /**
     * Finds the median of two sorted arrays in logarithmic time.
     *
     * @param nums1 the first sorted array
     * @param nums2 the second sorted array
     * @return the median of the combined sorted array
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the input arrays are not sorted
     */
    public static double findMedianSortedArrays(int[] nums1, int[] nums2) {
        if (nums1.length > nums2.length) {
            return findMedianSortedArrays(nums2, nums1); // Ensure nums1 is the smaller array
        }

        int m = nums1.length;
        int n = nums2.length;
        int low = 0;
        int high = m;
        while (low <= high) {
            int partition1 = (low + high) / 2; // Partition in the first array
            int partition2 = (m + n + 1) / 2 - partition1; // Partition in the second array

            int maxLeft1 = (partition1 == 0) ? Integer.MIN_VALUE : nums1[partition1 - 1];
            int minRight1 = (partition1 == m) ? Integer.MAX_VALUE : nums1[partition1];
            int maxLeft2 = (partition2 == 0) ? Integer.MIN_VALUE : nums2[partition2 - 1];
            int minRight2 = (partition2 == n) ? Integer.MAX_VALUE : nums2[partition2];

            // Check if partition is valid
            if (maxLeft1 <= minRight2 && maxLeft2 <= minRight1) {
                // If combined array length is odd
                if (((m + n) & 1) == 1) {
                    return Math.max(maxLeft1, maxLeft2);
                }
                // If combined array length is even
                else {
                    return (Math.max(maxLeft1, maxLeft2) + Math.min(minRight1, minRight2)) / 2.0;
                }
            } else if (maxLeft1 > minRight2) {
                high = partition1 - 1;
            } else {
                low = partition1 + 1;
            }
        }

        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input arrays are not sorted");
    }
}