/****************************************************************************** * @file * @brief [Binary search * algorithm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_search_algorithm) * @details * Binary search is a search algorithm that finds the position of a target value * within a sorted array. Binary search compares the target value to the middle * element of the array. If they are not equal, the half in which the target * cannot lie is eliminated and the search continues on the remaining half, * again taking the middle element to compare to the target value, and repeating * this until the target value is found. If the search ends with the remaining * half being empty, the target is not in the array. * * ### Implementation * * Binary search works on sorted arrays. Binary search begins by comparing an * element in the middle of the array with the target value. If the target value * matches the element, its position in the array is returned. If the target * value is less than the element, the search continues in the lower half of * the array. If the target value is greater than the element, the search * continues in the upper half of the array. By doing this, the algorithm * eliminates the half in which the target value cannot lie in each iteration. * * ### Complexities * * //n is the number of element in the array. * * Worst-case time complexity O(log n) * Best-case time complexity O(1) * Average time complexity O(log n) * Worst-case space complexity 0(1) * * @author [Lajat Manekar](https://github.com/Lazeeez) * @author Unknown author *******************************************************************************/ #include /// for std::sort function #include /// for std::assert #include /// for IO operations #include /// for std::vector /****************************************************************************** * @namespace search * @brief Searching algorithms *******************************************************************************/ namespace search { /****************************************************************************** * @namespace binary_search * @brief Binary search searching algorihm *******************************************************************************/ namespace binary_search { /****************************************************************************** * @brief The main function which implements binary search * @param arr vector to be searched in * @param val value to be searched * @returns @param int index of val in vector arr *******************************************************************************/ uint64_t binarySearch(std::vector arr, uint64_t val) { uint64_t low = 0; // set the lowest point of the vector. uint64_t high = arr.size() - 1; // set the highest point of the vector. while (low <= high) { uint64_t m = low + (high - low) / 2; // set the pivot point if (val == arr[m]) { return m; } /**************************************************** * if pivot point is the val, return it, * else check if val is greater or smaller than pivot value * and set the next pivot point accordingly. ****************************************************/ else if (val < arr[m]) { high = m - 1; } else { low = m + 1; } } return -1; // if val is not in the array, return -1. } } // namespace binary_search } // namespace search /******************************************************************************* * @brief Self-test implementation #1 * @returns void *******************************************************************************/ static void test1() { // testcase #1 // array = [1,3,5,7,9,8,6,4,2] , Value = 4 // should return 3 std::vector arr = {{1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 8, 6, 4, 2}}; std::sort(arr.begin(), arr.end()); uint64_t expected_ans = 3; uint64_t derived_ans = search::binary_search::binarySearch(arr, 4); std::cout << "Test #1: "; assert(derived_ans == expected_ans); std::cout << "Passed!" << std::endl; } /******************************************************************************* * @brief Self-test implementation #2 * @returns void *******************************************************************************/ void test2() { // testcase #2 // array = [1,23,25,4,2] , Value = 25 // should return 4 std::vector arr = {{1, 23, 25, 4, 2}}; std::sort(arr.begin(), arr.end()); uint64_t expected_ans = 4; uint64_t derived_ans = search::binary_search::binarySearch(arr, 25); std::cout << "Test #2: "; assert(derived_ans == expected_ans); std::cout << "Passed!" << std::endl; } /******************************************************************************* * @brief Self-test implementation #3 * @returns void *******************************************************************************/ void test3() { // testcase #3 // array = [1,31,231,12,12,2,5,51,21,23,12,3] , Value = 5 // should return 8 std::vector arr = {{1, 31, 231, 12, 2, 5, 51, 21, 23, 12, 3}}; std::sort(arr.begin(), arr.end()); uint64_t expected_ans = 8; uint64_t derived_ans = search::binary_search::binarySearch(arr, 31); std::cout << "Test #3: "; assert(derived_ans == expected_ans); std::cout << "Passed!" << std::endl; } /******************************************************************************* * @brief Main function * @returns 0 on exit *******************************************************************************/ int main() { test1(); // run self-test implementation #1 test2(); // run self-test implementation #2 test3(); // run self-test implementation #3 return 0; }