source: mainline/uspace/lib/c/generic/bsearch.c@ 889cdb1

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/** @addtogroup libc
 * @{
 */

/**
 * @file
 * @brief Binary search.
 */

#include <bsearch.h>
#include <stddef.h>

/** Binary search.
 *
 * @param key Key to search for
 * @param base Array of objects
 * @param nmemb Number of objects in array
 * @param size Size of each object
 * @param compar Comparison function
 */
void *bsearch(const void *key, const void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
    int (*compar)(const void *, const void *))
{
        size_t pividx;
        const void *pivot;
        int r;

        while (nmemb != 0) {
                pividx = nmemb / 2;
                pivot = base + size * pividx;

                r = compar(key, pivot);
                if (r == 0)
                        return (void *)pivot;

                if (r < 0) {
                        /* Now only look at members preceding pivot */
                        nmemb = pividx;
                } else {
                        /* Now only look at members following pivot */
                        nmemb = nmemb - pividx - 1;
                        base += size * (pividx + 1);
                }
        }

        return NULL;
}

/** @}
 */