hello-algo/en/codes/javascript/chapter_searching/binary_search.js

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/**
* File: binary_search.js
* Created Time: 2022-12-22
* Author: JoseHung (szhong@link.cuhk.edu.hk)
*/
/* Binary search (double closed interval) */
function binarySearch(nums, target) {
// Initialize double closed interval [0, n-1], i.e., i, j point to the first element and last element of the array respectively
let i = 0,
j = nums.length - 1;
// Loop until the search interval is empty (when i > j, it is empty)
while (i <= j) {
// Calculate the midpoint index m, using parseInt() for floor division
const m = parseInt(i + (j - i) / 2);
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 return m; // Found the target element, thus return its index
}
// Did not find the target element, thus return -1
return -1;
}
/* Binary search (left closed right open interval) */
function binarySearchLCRO(nums, 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
let i = 0,
j = nums.length;
// Loop until the search interval is empty (when i = j, it is empty)
while (i < j) {
// Calculate the midpoint index m, using parseInt() for floor division
const m = parseInt(i + (j - i) / 2);
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;
// Found the target element, thus return its index
else return m;
}
// Did not find the target element, thus return -1
return -1;
}
/* Driver Code */
const target = 6;
const nums = [1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 15, 23, 26, 31, 35];
/* Binary search (double closed interval) */
let index = binarySearch(nums, target);
console.log('Index of target element 6 =' + index);
/* Binary search (left closed right open interval) */
index = binarySearchLCRO(nums, target);
console.log('Index of target element 6 =' + index);