package com.thealgorithms.searches; import com.thealgorithms.devutils.searches.SearchAlgorithm; /** * Binary search is one of the most popular algorithms The algorithm finds the * position of a target value within a sorted array * *

* Worst-case performance O(log n) Best-case performance O(1) Average * performance O(log n) Worst-case space complexity O(1) * * @author D Sunil (https://github.com/sunilnitdgp) * @see SearchAlgorithm */ public class PerfectBinarySearch implements SearchAlgorithm { /** * @param array is an array where the element should be found * @param key is an element which should be found * @param is any comparable type * @return index of the element */ @Override public > int find(T[] array, T key) { return search(array, key, 0, array.length - 1); } /** * This method implements the Generic Binary Search iteratively. * * @param array The array to make the binary search * @param key The number you are looking for * @return the location of the key, or -1 if not found */ private static > int search(T[] array, T key, int left, int right) { while (left <= right) { int median = (left + right) >>> 1; int comp = key.compareTo(array[median]); if (comp == 0) { return median; // Key found } if (comp < 0) { right = median - 1; // Adjust the right bound } else { left = median + 1; // Adjust the left bound } } return -1; // Key not found } }