glibc/stdlib/bsearch.c

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#include <stdlib.h>


/* Perform a binary search for KEY in BASE which has NMEMB elements
   of SIZE bytes each.  The comparisons are done by (*COMPAR)().  */
void *
bsearch (const void *key, const void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
	 int (*compar) __P ((const void *, const void *)))
{
  size_t l, u, idx;
  const void *p;
  int comparison;

  l = 0;
  u = nmemb;
  while (l < u)
    {
      idx = (l + u) / 2;
      p = (void *) (((const char *) base) + (idx * size));
      comparison = (*compar) (key, p);
      if (comparison < 0)
	u = idx;
      else if (comparison > 0)
	l = idx + 1;
      else
	return (void *) p;
    }

  return NULL;
}