package Searches; import static java.lang.String.format; import java.util.Random; import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom; import java.util.stream.IntStream; /** * The LowerBound method is used to return an index pointing to the first element in the range * [first, last) which has a value not less than val, i.e. the index of the next smallest number * just greater than or equal to that number. If there are multiple values that are equal to val it * returns the index of the first such value. * *

This is an extension of BinarySearch. * *

Worst-case performance O(log n) Best-case performance O(1) Average performance O(log n) * Worst-case space complexity O(1) * * @author Pratik Padalia (https://github.com/15pratik) * @see SearchAlgorithm * @see BinarySearch */ class LowerBound implements SearchAlgorithm { // Driver Program public static void main(String[] args) { // Just generate data Random r = ThreadLocalRandom.current(); int size = 100; int maxElement = 100000; Integer[] integers = IntStream.generate(() -> r.nextInt(maxElement)) .limit(size) .sorted() .boxed() .toArray(Integer[]::new); // The element for which the lower bound is to be found int val = integers[r.nextInt(size - 1)] + 1; LowerBound search = new LowerBound(); int atIndex = search.find(integers, val); System.out.println( format( "Val: %d. Lower Bound Found %d at index %d. An array length %d", val, integers[atIndex], atIndex, size)); boolean toCheck = integers[atIndex] >= val || integers[size - 1] < val; System.out.println( format( "Lower Bound found at an index: %d. Is greater or max element: %b", atIndex, toCheck)); } /** * @param array is an array where the LowerBound value is to be found * @param key is an element for which the LowerBound is to be found * @param is any comparable type * @return index of the LowerBound element */ @Override public > int find(T[] array, T key) { return search(array, key, 0, array.length - 1); } /** * This method implements the Generic Binary Search * * @param array The array to make the binary search * @param key The number you are looking for * @param left The lower bound * @param right The upper bound * @return the location of the key */ private > int search(T[] array, T key, int left, int right) { if (right <= left) { return left; } // find median int median = (left + right) >>> 1; int comp = key.compareTo(array[median]); if (comp == 0) { return median; } else if (comp < 0) { // median position can be a possible solution return search(array, key, left, median); } else { // key we are looking is greater, so we must look on the right of median position return search(array, key, median + 1, right); } } }