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Divide and conquer search for sorted integer array
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/* Divide and conquer search for sorted integer array. | |
* Pre: Takes array pointer | |
* Integer to find | |
* Last index of array | |
* Initial of array | |
* Return: Index of the array | |
*/ | |
int divideAndConquer(int* arr, int toFind, int lastIndex, int initialIndex) { | |
int mid = initialIndex + ((lastIndex - initialIndex) / 2); | |
if(*(arr+mid) == toFind) { | |
printf("%d is equal to %d mid: %d\n", toFind, *(arr+mid), mid); | |
return mid; | |
} else if(*(arr+mid) < toFind) { | |
printf("%d is greater than %d mid: %d\n", toFind, *(arr+mid), mid); | |
// find between mid & length | |
return divideAndConquer(arr, toFind, lastIndex, mid+1); | |
} else if(*(arr+mid) > toFind) { | |
printf("%d is less than %d mid: %d\n", toFind, *(arr+mid), mid); | |
// find between 0 & mid | |
return divideAndConquer(arr, toFind, initialIndex, mid-1); | |
} | |
return -1; | |
} |
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