package com.thealgorithms.searches;
import static java.lang.String.format;
import com.thealgorithms.devutils.searches.SearchAlgorithm;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.stream.Stream;
public class IterativeTernarySearch implements SearchAlgorithm {
@Override
public <T extends Comparable<T>> int find(T[] array, T key) {
int left = 0;
int right = array.length - 1;
while (right > left) {
int leftCmp = array[left].compareTo(key);
int rightCmp = array[right].compareTo(key);
if (leftCmp == 0) {
return left;
}
if (rightCmp == 0) {
return right;
}
int leftThird = left + (right - left) / 3 + 1;
int rightThird = right - (right - left) / 3 - 1;
if (array[leftThird].compareTo(key) <= 0) {
left = leftThird;
} else {
right = rightThird;
}
}
return -1;
}
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);
Integer shouldBeFound = integers[r.nextInt(size - 1)];
IterativeTernarySearch search = new IterativeTernarySearch();
int atIndex = search.find(integers, shouldBeFound);
System.out.println(
format(
"Should be found: %d. Found %d at index %d. An array length %d",
shouldBeFound,
integers[atIndex],
atIndex,
size
)
);
int toCheck = Arrays.binarySearch(integers, shouldBeFound);
System.out.println(
format(
"Found by system method at an index: %d. Is equal: %b",
toCheck,
toCheck == atIndex
)
);
}
}