Friday, November 12, 2010

/* Binary search in a sorted array. */

/*  Binary search in a sorted array. */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

void main( )
{
 int arr[10] = { 1, 2, 3, 9, 11, 13, 17, 25, 57, 90 } ;
 int mid, lower = 0 , upper = 9, num, flag = 1 ;

 clrscr( ) ;
 printf ( "Enter number to search: " ) ;
 scanf ( "%d", &num ) ;

 for ( mid = ( lower + upper ) / 2 ; lower <= upper ;
  mid = ( lower + upper ) / 2 )
 {
  if ( arr[mid] == num )
  {
   printf ( "The number is at position %d in the array.", mid ) ;
   flag = 0 ;
   break ;
  }
  if ( arr[mid] > num )
   upper = mid - 1 ;
  else
   lower = mid + 1 ;
 }

 if ( flag )
  printf ( "Element is not present in the array." ) ;

 getch( ) ;
}

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