RosettaCodeData/Task/Binary_search/Java/binary_search-2.java

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public static void main(String[] args){
int[] searchMe;
int someNumber;
...
int index = binarySearch(searchMe, someNumber, 0, searchMe.length);
System.out.println(someNumber + ((index == -1) ? " is not in the array" : (" is at index " + index)));
...
}
public static int binarySearch(int[] nums, int check, int lo, int hi){
if(hi < lo){
return -1; //impossible index for "not found"
}
int guess = (hi + lo) / 2;
if(nums[guess] > check){
return binarySearch(nums, check, lo, guess - 1);
}else if(nums[guess]<check){
return binarySearch(nums, check, guess + 1, hi);
}
return guess;
}