binary search function java code example

Example 1: binary search java

// Java implementation of iterative Binary Search 
class BinarySearch { 
	// Returns index of x if it is present in arr[], 
	// else return -1 
	int binarySearch(int arr[], int x) 
	{ 
		int l = 0, r = arr.length - 1; 
		while (l <= r) { 
			int m = l + (r - l) / 2; 

			// Check if x is present at mid 
			if (arr[m] == x) 
				return m; 

			// If x greater, ignore left half 
			if (arr[m] < x) 
				l = m + 1; 

			// If x is smaller, ignore right half 
			else
				r = m - 1; 
		} 

		// if we reach here, then element was 
		// not present 
		return -1; 
	} 

	// Driver method to test above 
	public static void main(String args[]) 
	{ 
		BinarySearch ob = new BinarySearch(); 
		int arr[] = { 2, 3, 4, 10, 40 }; 
		int n = arr.length; 
		int x = 10; 
		int result = ob.binarySearch(arr, x); 
		if (result == -1) 
			System.out.println("Element not present"); 
		else
			System.out.println("Element found at "
							+ "index " + result); 
	} 
}

Example 2: binary search implementation using java collections

// Returns index of key in sorted list sorted in
// ascending order
public static int binarySearch(List slist, T key)

// Returns index of key in sorted list sorted in
// order defined by Comparator c.
public static int binarySearch(List slist, T key, Comparator c)

If key is not present, the it returns "(-(insertion point) - 1)". 
The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key 
would be inserted into the list.