package Searches; import static java.lang.String.format; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Random; import java.util.stream.Stream; /** * Binary search is one of the most popular algorithms This class represents iterative version * {@link BinarySearch} Iterative binary search is likely to have lower constant factors because it * doesn't involve the overhead of manipulating the call stack. But in java the recursive version * can be optimized by the compiler to this version. * *

Worst-case performance O(log n) Best-case performance O(1) Average performance O(log n) * Worst-case space complexity O(1) * * @author Gabriele La Greca : https://github.com/thegabriele97 * @author Podshivalov Nikita (https://github.com/nikitap492) * @see SearchAlgorithm * @see BinarySearch */ public final class IterativeBinarySearch implements SearchAlgorithm { /** * This method implements an iterative version of binary search algorithm * * @param array a sorted array * @param key the key to search in array * @return the index of key in the array or -1 if not found */ @Override public > int find(T[] array, T key) { int l, r, k, cmp; l = 0; r = array.length - 1; while (l <= r) { k = (l + r) >>> 1; cmp = key.compareTo(array[k]); if (cmp == 0) { return k; } else if (cmp < 0) { r = --k; } else { l = ++k; } } return -1; } // Only a main method for test purpose public static void main(String[] args) { Random r = new Random(); int size = 100; int maxElement = 100000; Integer[] integers = Stream.generate(() -> r.nextInt(maxElement)).limit(size).sorted().toArray(Integer[]::new); // the element that should be found Integer shouldBeFound = integers[r.nextInt(size - 1)]; IterativeBinarySearch search = new IterativeBinarySearch(); int atIndex = search.find(integers, shouldBeFound); System.out.println( String.format( "Should be found: %d. Found %d at index %d. An array length %d", shouldBeFound, integers[atIndex], atIndex, size)); int toCheck = Arrays.binarySearch(integers, shouldBeFound); System.out.println( format( "Found by system method at an index: %d. Is equal: %b", toCheck, toCheck == atIndex)); } }