/** * \file * \brief [Exponential search * algorithm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_search) * \copyright 2020 Divide-et-impera-11 * * The algorithm try to search the range where the key should be. * If it has been found we do a binary search there. * The range of the search grows by exponential every time. * If the key is larger than the last element of array, the start of * block(block_front) will be equal to the end of block(block_size) and the * algorithm return null ponter, every other cases the algoritm return fom the * loop. */ #include #include #include #ifdef _MSC_VER #include // use for MS Visual C++ #else #include // for all other compilers #endif /** Binary Search Algorithm (used by ::struzik_search)\n * * Time Complexity O(log n) where 'n' is the number of elements * * Worst Time Complexity O(log n) * * Best Time Complexity Ω(1) * * Space Complexity O(1) * * Auxiliary Space Complexity O(1) * \returns pointer to value in the array * \returns `nullptr` if value not found */ template inline Type* binary_s(Type* array, size_t size, Type key) { int32_t lower_index(0), upper_index(size - 1), middle_index; while (lower_index <= upper_index) { middle_index = std::floor((lower_index + upper_index) / 2); if (*(array + middle_index) < key) lower_index = (middle_index + 1); else if (*(array + middle_index) > key) upper_index = (middle_index - 1); else return (array + middle_index); } return nullptr; } /** Struzik Search Algorithm(Exponential) * * Time Complexity O(log i) where i is the position of search key in the list * * Worst Time Complexity O(log i) * * Best Time Complexity Ω(1) * * Space Complexity O(1) * * Auxiliary Space Complexity O(1) */ template Type* struzik_search(Type* array, size_t size, Type key) { uint32_t block_front(0), block_size = size == 0 ? 0 : 1; while (block_front != block_size) { if (*(array + block_size - 1) < key) { block_front = block_size; (block_size * 2 - 1 < size) ? (block_size *= 2) : block_size = size; continue; } return binary_s(array + block_front, (block_size - block_front), key); } return nullptr; } /** Main function */ int main() { // TEST CASES int* sorted_array = new int[7]{7, 10, 15, 23, 70, 105, 203}; assert(struzik_search(sorted_array, 7, 0) == nullptr); assert(struzik_search(sorted_array, 7, 1000) == nullptr); assert(struzik_search(sorted_array, 7, 50) == nullptr); assert(struzik_search(sorted_array, 7, 7) == sorted_array); // TEST CASES delete[] sorted_array; return 0; }