programming-examples/js/Algorithms/recursive-binarysearch.js
2019-11-15 12:59:38 +01:00

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(function (exports) {
'use strict';
var binarySearch = (function () {
/**
* @pivate
* @param {Array} array Array where we should find the index of the element
* @param {Number} value Value of the element which index should be found
* @param {Number} left Left index
* @param {Number} right Right index
* @returns {Number} index The index of the element or -1 if not found
*/
function recursiveBinarySearch(array, value, left, right) {
if (left > right) {
return -1;
}
var middle = Math.floor((right + left) / 2);
if (array[middle] === value) {
return middle;
} else if (array[middle] > value) {
return recursiveBinarySearch(array, value, left, middle - 1);
} else {
return recursiveBinarySearch(array, value, middle + 1, right);
}
}
/**
* Recursive version of binary search.
* Searches for specific element in a given array using
* the binary search algorithm.<br><br>
* Time complexity: O(log N).
*
* @example
*
* var search = require('path-to-algorithms/src/searching/'+
* 'recursive-binarysearch').binarySearch;
* console.log(search([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 4)); // 3
*
* @public
* @module searching/recursive-binarysearch
* @param {Array} array Input array.
* @param {Number} value Value of the element which index should be found.
* @returns {Number} Index of the element or -1 if not found.
*/
return function (array, value) {
return recursiveBinarySearch(array, value, 0, array.length);
};
}());
exports.binarySearch = binarySearch;
})(typeof window === 'undefined' ? module.exports : window);