/** * File: binary_search.swift * Created Time: 2023-01-28 * Author: nuomi1 (nuomi1@qq.com) */ /* Binary search (double closed interval) */ func binarySearch(nums: [Int], target: Int) -> Int { // Initialize double closed interval [0, n-1], i.e., i, j point to the first element and last element of the array respectively var i = nums.startIndex var j = nums.endIndex - 1 // Loop until the search interval is empty (when i > j, it is empty) while i <= j { let 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) */ func binarySearchLCRO(nums: [Int], target: Int) -> Int { // 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 var i = nums.startIndex var j = nums.endIndex // Loop until the search interval is empty (when i = j, it is empty) while i < j { let 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 } @main enum BinarySearch { /* Driver Code */ static func main() { let target = 6 let nums = [1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 15, 23, 26, 31, 35] /* Binary search (double closed interval) */ var index = binarySearch(nums: nums, target: target) print("Index of target element 6 = \(index)") /* Binary search (left closed right open interval) */ index = binarySearchLCRO(nums: nums, target: target) print("Index of target element 6 = \(index)") } }