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var doSearch = function(array, targetValue) {
var min = 0;
var count = 0;
var max = array.length - 1;
var guess;
while(min <= max) {
guess = Math.floor((max + min)/2);
if(array[guess] === targetValue) {
count++;
println(guess);
return guess;
}
//again
else if (targetValue < array[guess]){
max = guess - 1;
}
else {
min = guess + 1;
}
}
return count;
};
var primes = [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37,
41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97];
var result = doSearch(primes, 73);
println("Found prime at index " + result);
Program.assertEqual(doSearch(primes, 73), 20);
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