programming-examples/c/Search_Sorting/C Program to demonstrate Indexed sequential search.C
2019-11-15 12:59:38 +01:00

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/* Program to demonstrate Indexed sequential search*/
#include <stdio.h>
#define INTERVAL 5
/* If interval is 5 then every 5th element of original array will be represented in index table */
/* We assume that the original array x is sorted in ascending order */
struct table
{
int kindex, pindex ;
} ;
int iss(int x[ ], int n, int key, struct table index[ ], int indexsize) ;
void main()
{
/* Size of index table is 1/5th the size of original array since interval is 5 */
struct table index[10] ;
int i, n, key, indexsize, p, q, x[50] ;
clrscr() ;
printf("Enter the no of elements: ") ;
scanf("%d",&n) ;
printf("Enter the elements:\n") ;
for(i=0 ; i<n ; i++)
scanf("%d",&x[i]) ;
/*Creating the index table. p keeps track of original array and q keeps track of index table*/
q=0 ;
for(p=INTERVAL-1 ; p<n ; p=p+INTERVAL)
{
index[q].kindex=x[p] ;
index[q].pindex=p ;
printf("%d %d \n",index[q].kindex,index[q].pindex) ;
q++ ;
}
indexsize=q ;
printf("Enter the element to be searched: ") ;
scanf("%d",&key) ;
i=iss(x,n,key,index,indexsize) ;
if(i==-1)
printf("%d not found.",key) ;
else
printf("%d found at position %d.",key,i) ;
getch() ;
}
int iss(int x[ ], int n, int key, struct table index[ ], int indexsize)
{
int i, j, highlimit, lowlimit ;
/* Searching the index table */
i=0 ;
while(i<indexsize)
if(index[i].kindex<=key)
i++ ;
else
break ;
/* Deciding where searching should start in the original array*/
if(i==0)
lowlimit=0 ;
else
lowlimit=index[i-1].pindex ;
/* Deciding where searching should end in the original array*/
if(i==indexsize)
highlimit=n-1 ;
else
highlimit=index[i].pindex-1 ;
/* Searching the original array between lowlimit and highlimit */
j=lowlimit ;
while(j<=highlimit)
if(x[j]!=key)
j++ ;
else
break ;
if(j>highlimit)
return -1 ;
else
return j ;
}