programming-examples/c/Search_Sorting/C Program to demonstrate Interpolation search.C

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/* Program to demonstrate Interpolation search */
/* We assume that the array is sorted in ascending order */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
int interpolation(int x[ ], int n, int key) ;
void main()
{
int i, n, x[20], key ;
clrscr() ;
printf("Enter the number of elements: ") ;
scanf("%d",&n) ;
printf("Enter the elements:\n") ;
for(i=0 ; i<n ; i++)
scanf("%d",&x[i]) ;
printf("Enter the element to be searched: ") ;
scanf("%d",&key) ;
i=interpolation(x,n,key) ;
if(i==-1)
printf("%d not found.", key) ;
else
printf("%d found at position %d.", key,i) ;
getch() ;
}
int interpolation(int x[ ], int n, int key)
{
int low,high,mid;
low=0;
high=n-1;
while(low<=high)
{
/* ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BINARY AND INTERPOLATION SEARCH */
mid = low + (high-low) * ( (key-x[low]) / (x[high]-x[low]) );
if(key==x[mid])
return mid;
else if(key<x[mid])
high=mid-1;
else
low=mid+1;
}
return-1;
}