/*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.
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\*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() + ".");
}
}