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- /* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
- The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
- published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
- License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
- The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- Library General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
- License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
- not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
- Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
-
- #include <ansidecl.h>
- #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)(). */
- PTR
- DEFUN(bsearch, (key, base, nmemb, size, compar),
- register CONST PTR key AND register CONST PTR base AND
- size_t nmemb AND register size_t size AND
- register int EXFUN((*compar), (CONST PTR, CONST PTR)))
- {
- register size_t l, u, idx;
- register CONST PTR p;
- register int comparison;
-
- l = 0;
- u = nmemb;
- while (l < u)
- {
- idx = (l + u) / 2;
- p = (PTR) (((CONST char *) base) + (idx * size));
- comparison = (*compar)(key, p);
- if (comparison < 0)
- u = idx;
- else if (comparison > 0)
- l = idx + 1;
- else
- return (PTR) p;
- }
-
- return NULL;
- }
-