RosettaCodeData/Task/Binary-search/Zig/binary-search-1.zig

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pub fn binarySearch(comptime T: type, input: []const T, search_value: T) ?usize {
if (input.len == 0) return null;
if (@sizeOf(T) == 0) return 0;
var view: []const T = input;
const item_ptr: *const T = item_ptr: while (view.len > 0) {
const mid = (view.len - 1) / 2;
const mid_elem_ptr: *const T = &view[mid];
if (mid_elem_ptr.* > search_value)
view = view[0..mid]
else if (mid_elem_ptr.* < search_value)
view = view[mid + 1 .. view.len]
else
break :item_ptr mid_elem_ptr;
} else return null;
const distance_in_bytes = @intFromPtr(item_ptr) - @intFromPtr(input.ptr);
return (distance_in_bytes / @sizeOf(T));
}