circular binary search code example

Example: search in rotated sorted array

//pseudocode
function search( arr[], key, low, high)

        mid = (low + high) / 2

        // key not present
        if(low > high)
                return -1

        // key found
        if(arr[mid] == key)
                return mid

        // if left half is sorted.
        if(arr[low] <= arr[mid])

                // if key is present in left half.
                if (arr[low] <= key && arr[mid] >= key) 
                        return search(arr,key,low,mid-1)

                // if key is not present in left half..search right half.
                else                 
                        return search(arr,key,mid+1,high)
                end-if

        // if right half is sorted. 
        else    
                // if key is present in right half.
                if(arr[mid] <= key && arr[high] >= key) 
                        return search(arr,key,mid+1,high)

                // if key is not present in right half..search in left half.
                else
                        return search(arr,key,low,mid-1)
                end-if
        end-if  

end-function