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JS: Binary Search implementation
/* 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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