6 docs tagged with "searching"

Binary search compares the target against the middle element of a sorted array and discards half

Every binary search so far has searched an array: a sorted sequence of values sitting in memory,

Boost.Algorithm is a collection of general-purpose algorithms that complement ``. Many

Both of these are binary search wearing a different hat. Exponential search still finds a target in a

Linear search examines each element in turn until it finds what it is looking for or runs out. It is

Every algorithm in this folder answers the same question — "is this value present, and where" — but