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Iterative and recursive implementations of binary search
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| function binarySearch(numbers: number[], target: number): number { | |
| let low: number = 0; | |
| let high: number = numbers.length - 1; | |
| while (low <= high) { | |
| let mid = Math.floor((low + high) / 2); | |
| if (target < numbers[mid]) { | |
| high = mid - 1; | |
| } else if (target > numbers[mid]) { | |
| low = mid + 1; | |
| } else { | |
| return mid; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| return -1; | |
| } | |
| function binarySearchRecursive(numbers: number[], target: number, low: number, high: number): number { | |
| let mid = Math.floor((low + high) / 2); | |
| if (low > high) return -1; | |
| if (target < numbers[mid]) { | |
| return binarySearchRecursive(numbers, target, low, mid - 1); | |
| } else if (target > numbers[mid]) { | |
| return binarySearchRecursive(numbers, target, mid + 1, high) | |
| } else { | |
| return mid; | |
| } | |
| } |
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