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/* Copyright (c) 1984 AT&T */
/* All Rights Reserved */
#pragma ident "%Z%%M% %I% %E% SMI" /* from S5R2 1.5 */
/*LINTLIBRARY*/
/*
* Binary search algorithm, generalized from Knuth (6.2.1) Algorithm B.
*
*/
typedef char *POINTER;
POINTER
bsearch(key, base, nel, width, compar)
POINTER key; /* Key to be located */
POINTER base; /* Beginning of table */
unsigned nel; /* Number of elements in the table */
unsigned width; /* Width of an element (bytes) */
int (*compar)(); /* Comparison function */
{
int two_width = width + width;
POINTER last = base + width * (nel - 1); /* Last element in table */
while (last >= base) {
register POINTER p = base + width * ((last - base)/two_width);
register int res = (*compar)(key, p);
if (res == 0)
return (p); /* Key found */
if (res < 0)
last = p - width;
else
base = p + width;
}
return ((POINTER) 0); /* Key not found */
}