libc/stdlib/bsearch.c

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#include <stdlib.h>

/*
 * Perform a binary search.
 *
 * The code below is a bit sneaky.  After a comparison fails, we
 * divide the work in half by moving either left or right. If lim
 * is odd, moving left simply involves halving lim: e.g., when lim
 * is 5 we look at item 2, so we change lim to 2 so that we will
 * look at items 0 & 1.  If lim is even, the same applies.  If lim
 * is odd, moving right again involes halving lim, this time moving
 * the base up one item past p: e.g., when lim is 5 we change base
 * to item 3 and make lim 2 so that we will look at items 3 and 4.
 * If lim is even, however, we have to shrink it by one before
 * halving: e.g., when lim is 4, we still looked at item 2, so we
 * have to make lim 3, then halve, obtaining 1, so that we will only
 * look at item 3.
 */
void *
bsearch(const void *key, const void *base0, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
    int (*compar)(const void *, const void *))
{
	const char *base = base0;
	int lim, cmp;
	const void *p;

	for (lim = nmemb; lim != 0; lim >>= 1) {
		p = base + (lim >> 1) * size;
		cmp = (*compar)(key, p);
		if (cmp == 0)
			return ((void *)p);
		if (cmp > 0) {	/* key > p: move right */
			base = (char *)p + size;
			lim--;
		} /* else move left */
	}
	return (NULL);
}