Interpolation search method (#287)

* Interpolation search method

* Delete interpolation_search.cpp

* interpolation Search in C++

This algorithm follow the way we search a name in a phone book or a word in a dictionary

* Update interpolation_search.cpp

* Update interpolation_search.cpp

* Update interpolation_search.cpp

* Update interpolation_search.cpp

* Update interpolation_search.cpp

* Update interpolation_search.cpp

* Update interpolation_search.cpp

* Update interpolation_search.cpp

* Rename Search/interpolation_search.cpp to search/interpolation_search.cpp

Co-authored-by: Christian Clauss <cclauss@me.com>

search/interpolation_search.cpp

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+#include<iostream>
+
+// function to search the value in an array using interpolation search
+int search(int arr[], int value, int len) {
+        int low = 0, high, mid;
+        high = len-1;
+        while (arr[low] <= value && arr[high] >= value) {
+            mid = (low + ((value-arr[low])*(high-low)) / (arr[high]-arr[low]));
+            if (arr[mid] > value)
+                     high = mid-1;
+            else if (arr[mid] < value)
+                     low = mid+1;
+            else
+                     return mid;
+            }
+        if (arr[low] == value)
+                return low;
+        return 0;
+}
+
+int main() {
+        int n, value, array[100], re;
+        std::cout << "Enter the size of array(less than 100) : ";
+        std::cin >> n;
+        std::cout << "array in ascending (increasing) order : " << std::endl;
+        for (int i=0; i < n; i++)
+                std::cin >> array[i];
+        std::cout << "Enter the value you want to search : ";
+        std::cin >> value;
+        re = search(array, value, n);
+        if (re == 0)
+                std::cout << "Entered value is not in the array" << std::endl;
+        else
+                std::cout << "The value is at the position " << re << std::endl;
+        return 0;
+        }