--- title: Find the peak element if the array is circular | daily.dev description: The article provides a Python function using a binary search approach to find a peak element in a circular array. It explains the code and the helper function... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/find-the-peak-element-if-the-array-is-circular-qsja1u1oh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Find the peak element if the array is circular | daily.dev og:description: The article provides a Python function using a binary search approach to find a peak element in a circular array. It explains the code and the helper function... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/find-the-peak-element-if-the-array-is-circular-qsja1u1oh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/QsJa1U1oh.png og:image:alt: Find the peak element if the array is circular og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Find the peak element if the array is circular **[Code Like A Girl](https://daily.dev/sources/colkgirl)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The article provides a Python function using a binary search approach to find a peak element in a circular array. It explains the code and the helper function find_peak_util in detail. The purpose of the modulo operations in the code is also discussed. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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