/*** *bsearch.c - do a binary search * * Copyright (c) 1985-1997, Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. * *Purpose: * defines bsearch() - do a binary search an an array * *******************************************************************************/ #include #include #include /*** *char *bsearch() - do a binary search on an array * *Purpose: * Does a binary search of a sorted array for a key. * *Entry: * const char *key - key to search for * const char *base - base of sorted array to search * unsigned int num - number of elements in array * unsigned int width - number of bytes per element * int (*compare)() - pointer to function that compares two array * elements, returning neg when #1 < #2, pos when #1 > #2, and * 0 when they are equal. Function is passed pointers to two * array elements. * *Exit: * if key is found: * returns pointer to occurrence of key in array * if key is not found: * returns NULL * *Exceptions: * *******************************************************************************/ void * __cdecl bsearch ( REG4 const void *key, const void *base, size_t num, size_t width, int (__cdecl *compare)(const void *, const void *) ) { REG1 char *lo = (char *)base; REG2 char *hi = (char *)base + (num - 1) * width; REG3 char *mid; unsigned int half; int result; while (lo <= hi) if (half = num / 2) { mid = lo + (num & 1 ? half : (half - 1)) * width; if (!(result = (*compare)(key,mid))) return(mid); else if (result < 0) { hi = mid - width; num = num & 1 ? half : half-1; } else { lo = mid + width; num = half; } } else if (num) return((*compare)(key,lo) ? NULL : lo); else break; return(NULL); }