binry search for cpp code example

Example 1: c++ binary search

//requires header <algorithm> for std::binary_search
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>

bool binarySearchVector(const std::vector<int>& vector,
                       	int target) {
  //this line does all binary searching
  return std::binary_search(vector.cbegin(), vector.cend(), target);
}

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    std::vector<int> haystack {1, 3, 4, 5, 9};
    std::vector<int> needles {1, 2, 3};
 
    for (auto needle : needles) {
        std::cout << "Searching for " << needle << std::endl;
        if (binarySearchVector(haystack, needle)) {
            std::cout << "Found " << needle << std::endl;
        } else {
            std::cout << "no dice!" << std::endl;
        }
    }
}

Example 2: c++ binary search

int result = -1;
  int low = 0;
  int high = N-1; // N - # of elements
   while (low <= high)
   {  mid = (low + high) / 2;
      if ( item == vector[mid])
	  {  result = mid;
	     break; 
      }
      else if (item > vector[mid] )
	           { low =  mid + 1; }
          else  { high = mid - 1; }
   }