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Iterative Binary Search

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package com.thealgorithms.searches;

import com.thealgorithms.devutils.searches.SearchAlgorithm;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.stream.Stream;

/**
 * Binary search is one of the most popular algorithms This class represents
 * iterative version {@link BinarySearch} Iterative binary search is likely to
 * have lower constant factors because it doesn't involve the overhead of
 * manipulating the call stack. But in java the recursive version can be
 * optimized by the compiler to this version.
 *
 * <p>
 * Worst-case performance O(log n) Best-case performance O(1) Average
 * performance O(log n) Worst-case space complexity O(1)
 *
 * @author Gabriele La Greca : https://github.com/thegabriele97
 * @author Podshivalov Nikita (https://github.com/nikitap492)
 * @see SearchAlgorithm
 * @see BinarySearch
 */
public final class IterativeBinarySearch implements SearchAlgorithm {

    /**
     * This method implements an iterative version of binary search algorithm
     *
     * @param array a sorted array
     * @param key the key to search in array
     * @return the index of key in the array or -1 if not found
     */
    @Override
    public <T extends Comparable<T>> int find(T[] array, T key) {
        int l, r, k, cmp;

        l = 0;
        r = array.length - 1;

        while (l <= r) {
            k = (l + r) >>> 1;
            cmp = key.compareTo(array[k]);

            if (cmp == 0) {
                return k;
            } else if (cmp < 0) {
                r = --k;
            } else {
                l = ++k;
            }
        }

        return -1;
    }

    // Only a main method for test purpose
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Random r = new Random();
        int size = 100;
        int maxElement = 100000;
        Integer[] integers = Stream.generate(() -> r.nextInt(maxElement)).limit(size).sorted().toArray(Integer[] ::new);

        // the element that should be found
        Integer shouldBeFound = integers[r.nextInt(size - 1)];

        IterativeBinarySearch search = new IterativeBinarySearch();
        int atIndex = search.find(integers, shouldBeFound);

        System.out.printf("Should be found: %d. Found %d at index %d. An array length %d%n", shouldBeFound, integers[atIndex], atIndex, size);

        int toCheck = Arrays.binarySearch(integers, shouldBeFound);
        System.out.printf("Found by system method at an index: %d. Is equal: %b%n", toCheck, toCheck == atIndex);
    }
}