RosettaCodeData/Task/Binary-search/Objective-C/binary-search-2.m

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Objective-C

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
@interface NSArray (BinarySearchRecursive)
// Requires all elements of this array to implement a -compare: method which
// returns a NSComparisonResult for comparison.
// Returns NSNotFound when not found
- (NSInteger) binarySearch:(id)key inRange:(NSRange)range;
@end
@implementation NSArray (BinarySearchRecursive)
- (NSInteger) binarySearch:(id)key inRange:(NSRange)range {
if (range.length == 0)
return NSNotFound;
NSInteger mid = range.location + range.length / 2;
id midVal = self[mid];
switch ([midVal compare:key]) {
case NSOrderedAscending:
return [self binarySearch:key
inRange:NSMakeRange(mid + 1, NSMaxRange(range) - (mid + 1))];
case NSOrderedDescending:
return [self binarySearch:key
inRange:NSMakeRange(range.location, mid - range.location)];
default:
return mid;
}
}
@end
int main()
{
@autoreleasepool {
NSArray *a = @[@1, @3, @4, @5, @6, @7, @8, @9, @10];
NSLog(@"6 is at position %d", [a binarySearch:@6]); // prints 4
}
return 0;
}