24-timed-sorting-4/binary_search.h
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/*----------------------------------------------------------
* HTBLA-Leonding
* ---------------------------------------------------------
* Exercise Number: S07
* Title: Binary search implementation
* Author: Marc Tismonar
* ----------------------------------------------------------
* Description:
* Implements the binary search algorithm
* ----------------------------------------------------------
*/
#ifndef ___BINARY_SEARCH_H
#define ___BINARY_SEARCH_H
#include "list.h"
#include "sorting_criteria.h"
/* NOTE: Either list or array variant is required! */
/**
* Searches the given needle within the given haystack using binary search approach.
*
* Implementation hint: delegate the invocation to function `binary_search_list_limited(…)`.
*
* @param haystack The sorted list in which the `needle` is searched.
* @param criterion The pointer to the function that implements the sorting criterion of the list.
* That function accepts two integer parameters and returns a boolean value.
* @param needle The value to find within the haystack.
* @return The index of the `needle` within the list if it was found or the position where the needle need to
* be inserted into the sorted list if it is not included in the list. The insertion position is
* expressed as index with negative sign, so that the value can be inserted at index (-1 * result).
*/
int binary_search_list(IntList haystack, criterion_fn criterion, int needle);
/**
* Searches the given needle within the given haystack up the given length using binary search approach.
*
* @param haystack The sorted list in which the `needle` is searched.
* @param length The number of items to consider starting from the beginning of the haystack.
* If the haystack contains more items, the remaining items are omitted from the search. If it contains
* less items, the number of items are clipped to the size of the haystack.
* @param criterion The pointer to the function that implements the sorting criterion of the list.
* That function accepts two integer parameters and returns a boolean value.
* @param needle The value to find within the haystack.
* @return The index of the `needle` within the list if it was found or the position where the needle need to
* be inserted into the sorted list if it is not included in the list. The insertion position is
* expressed as index with negative sign, so that the value can be inserted at index (-1 * result).
*/
int binary_search_list_limited(IntList haystack, int length, criterion_fn criterion, int needle);
/* ARRAY VARIANT */
/**
* Searches the given needle within the given haystack using binary search approach.
*
* @param haystack The sorted list in which the `needle` is searched.
* @param length The length of the haystack array.
* @param criterion The pointer to the function that implements the sorting criterion of the list.
* That function accepts two integer parameters and returns a boolean value.
* @param needle The value to find within the haystack.
* @return The index of the `needle` within the list if it was found or the position where the needle need to
* be inserted into the sorted list if it is not included in the list. The insertion position is
* expressed as index with negative sign, so that the value can be inserted at index (-1 * result).
*/
int binary_search_array(int haystack[], int length, criterion_fn criterion, int needle);
#endif