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JS: Binary Search implementation
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/* Returns either the index of the location in the array, | |
or -1 if the array did not contain the targetValue */ | |
var doSearch = function(array, targetValue) { | |
var min = 0; | |
var max = array.length - 1; | |
var guess; | |
var i = 0; | |
while(min <= max) { | |
i = i + 1; | |
guess = Math.floor((min + max) / 2); | |
if(array[guess] === targetValue) { | |
println(i); | |
return guess; | |
} else if(array[guess] < targetValue) { | |
min = guess + 1; | |
} else { | |
max = guess - 1; | |
} | |
} | |
return -1; | |
}; | |
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); | |
Program.assertEqual(doSearch(primes, 73), 20); | |
Program.assertEqual(doSearch(primes, 41), 12); | |
Program.assertEqual(doSearch(primes, 43), 13); |
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