Binary Search: An Implementation Guide

Revision en2, by KunalSin9h, 2025-01-10 11:51:21

While implementing Binary Search, we may face few problems, they are:

• What is the value of lower bound?

• What is the value of upper bound?

• How do I calculate my mid value?

• What condition should I write in my while loop?

• When my predicate is true, should I assign my mid to lower or upper bound?

• Whats my final answer, value of lower or upper bound?

Inspired from @Benq solutions, I wrote down all you need to know about correctly implementing binary search and its sub-classes (First True and last True), which works every time.

Read full Paper: Here on Academia.edu

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