Wednesday 23 January 2013

program to implement binary search

/*program to implement binary search*/
#include<stdio.h>
void sort(int a[],int n)
{
    int i,j,temp;
    for(i=0;i<n;i++)
    {
        for(j=i+1;j<n;j++)
        {
            if(a[i]>a[j])
            {
                temp=a[i];
                a[i]=a[j];
                a[j]=temp;
            }
        }
    }
}
int binsearch(int a[],int n)
{
    int item,beg,mid,end,i;
    printf("the sorted list is\n");
    sort(a,n);
    for(i=0;i<n;i++)
        printf("%d",a[i]);
    printf("\n");
    printf("enter the element to be searched:");
    scanf("%d",&item);
    beg=0;
    end=n;
    while(beg<=end)
    {
        mid=(beg+end)/2;
        if(a[mid]==item)
            return mid+1;
        else if (a[mid]<item)
            beg=mid+1;
        else
            end=mid-1;
    }

}
main()
{
    int a[20],i,size,loc;
    printf("enter the size of the array");
    scanf("%d",&size);
    printf("enter the elements");
    for(i=0;i<size;i++)
        scanf("%d",&a[i]);
    loc=binsearch(a,size);
    if(loc==0)
        printf("element is not found");
    else
        printf("element is found at the location:%d",loc);
}
...........................OUTPUT.............
enter the size of the array   
5
enter the elements
1
9
5
7
6
the sorted list is
15679
enter the element to be searched:.6
element is not found


enter the size of the array
5
enter the elements
9
4
6
7
1
the sorted list is
14679
enter the element to be searched:6
element is found at the location:3

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