programming-examples/c/Search_Sorting/C Program to Implement Interpolation Search Algorithm.c

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int interpolationsearch(int sortedArray[], int toFind, int len)
{
int low = 0;
int high = len - 1;
int mid;
while (sortedArray[low] <= toFind && sortedArray[high] >= toFind)
{
if (sortedArray[high] - sortedArray[low] == 0)
return (low + high)/2;
mid = low + ((toFind - sortedArray[low]) * (high - low)) / (sortedArray[high] - sortedArray[low]);
if (sortedArray[mid] < toFind)
low = mid + 1;
else if (sortedArray[mid] > toFind)
high = mid - 1;
else
return mid;
}
if (sortedArray[low] == toFind)
return low;
else
return -1;
}
int main()
{
int arr[200], len, number, i, pos;
printf("How many elements you want to enter: ");
scanf("%d", &len);
printf("\nEnter %d elements in increasing order: ", len);
for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
scanf("%d", &arr[i]);
}
printf("\nEnter an element to search: ");
scanf("%d", &number);
pos = interpolationsearch(arr, number, len);
if (pos != -1)
printf("\nElement found at postion %d . ", pos);
else
printf("\nElement NOT found!!!");
return 0;
}