Binary Search
Implementation of binary search in array using iterative as well as recursive method.
Binary search is a searching technique which is considered to be better than linear search as the array size keeps getting smaller and smaller in each iteration or recursive call and the index of found element can be found in fewer steps as compared to linear search.
Time Complexity = O(log n)
int binarySearch(int a[], int low, int high, int key) {
while (low <= high) {
int mid = (low + high)/2;
if (a[mid] == key) {
return mid;
} else if (a[mid] > key) {
// Key lies in the left sublist
high = mid - 1;
} else {
// Key lies in the right sublist
low = mid + 1;
}
}
return -1;
}
int binarySearch(int a[], int low, int high, int key) {
if (low <= high) {
int mid = (low + high)/2;
if (a[mid] == key) {
return mid;
} else if (a[mid] > key) {
// Key lies in left sublist
return binarySearch(a, low, mid-1, key);
} else {
// Key lies in right sublist
return binarySearch(a, mid+1, high, key);
}
}
return -1;
}
In this case, it is better to use iterative version of binary search as recursion uses internal stack. However, the time complexity remains the same for both the methods.
Contributed by Nitin Ranganath
Last modified 3yr ago