/*license*\ XBN-Java: Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein (aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com) This software is dual-licensed under the: - Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.0 or, at your option, any later version; - Apache Software License (ASL) version 2.0. Either license may be applied at your discretion. More information may be found at - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-licensing. The text of both licenses is available in the root directory of this project, under the names "LICENSE_lgpl-3.0.txt" and "LICENSE_asl-2.0.txt". The latest copies may be downloaded at: - LGPL 3.0: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt - ASL 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt \*license*/ package com.github.xbn.examples.array; import java.util.Arrays; import com.github.xbn.array.BinarySearcher; /** <p>Use {@code com.github.xbn.array.}{@link com.github.xbn.array.BinarySearcher BinarySearcher} to find the index at which a string exists in an ordered array (or where to insert it).</p> <p>{@code java com.github.xbn.examples.array.BinarySearcherXmpl}</p> * @since 0.1.0 * @author Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein ({@code aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com}), dual-licensed under the LGPL (version 3.0 or later) or the ASL (version 2.0). See source code for details. <a href="http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com">{@code http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com}</a>, <a href="https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava">{@code https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava}</a> **/ public class BinarySearcherXmpl { public static final void main(String[] ignored) { test("abc"); test("abcd"); test("ghi"); test("kl"); } private static final void test(String searching_for) { String[] asToSearch = {"abc", "def", "ghi", "jkl", "mno"}; System.out.println("Searching for \"" + searching_for + "\" in " + Arrays.toString(asToSearch)); BinarySearcher bs = new BinarySearcher(true).containerLength(asToSearch.length); while(!bs.isDone()) { String sPossibility = asToSearch[bs.getIndexMiddle()]; int iCompare = searching_for.compareTo(sPossibility); if(iCompare == 0) { System.out.println(" Found at index " + bs.getIndexMiddle()); return; } bs.resetIteration(iCompare < 0); } System.out.println(" Not found. Can be INSERTED at index " + bs.getIndexInsertAt() + "."); } }