/** * File: binary_search.cs * Created Time: 2022-12-23 * Author: haptear (haptear@hotmail.com) */ namespace hello_algo.chapter_searching; public class binary_search { /* Binary search (double closed interval) */ int BinarySearch(int[] nums, int target) { // Initialize double closed interval [0, n-1], i.e., i, j point to the first element and last element of the array respectively int i = 0, j = nums.Length - 1; // Loop until the search interval is empty (when i > j, it is empty) while (i <= j) { int m = i + (j - i) / 2; // Calculate midpoint index m if (nums[m] < target) // This situation indicates that target is in the interval [m+1, j] i = m + 1; else if (nums[m] > target) // This situation indicates that target is in the interval [i, m-1] j = m - 1; else // Found the target element, thus return its index return m; } // Did not find the target element, thus return -1 return -1; } /* Binary search (left closed right open interval) */ int BinarySearchLCRO(int[] nums, int target) { // Initialize left closed right open interval [0, n), i.e., i, j point to the first element and the last element +1 of the array respectively int i = 0, j = nums.Length; // Loop until the search interval is empty (when i = j, it is empty) while (i < j) { int m = i + (j - i) / 2; // Calculate midpoint index m if (nums[m] < target) // This situation indicates that target is in the interval [m+1, j) i = m + 1; else if (nums[m] > target) // This situation indicates that target is in the interval [i, m) j = m; else // Found the target element, thus return its index return m; } // Did not find the target element, thus return -1 return -1; } [Test] public void Test() { int target = 6; int[] nums = [1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 15, 23, 26, 31, 35]; /* Binary search (double closed interval) */ int index = BinarySearch(nums, target); Console.WriteLine("Index of target element 6 =" + index); /* Binary search (left closed right open interval) */ index = BinarySearchLCRO(nums, target); Console.WriteLine("Index of target element 6 =" + index); } }