CC189 8.3 Magic Index

Magic Index

public class MagicIndex {
	// perform modified binary search
	public int search(int[] A) {
		int l= 0;
		int r = A.length-1;
		while(l+1<r){
		    int mid = l+(r-l)/2;
		    if(A[mid]==mid) return mid;
		    else if(A[mid]<mid) l=mid;
		    else r=mid;
		}
		return -1;
	}

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		int[] A = { -1, 0, 1, 2, 4, 10 };
		MagicIndex m = new MagicIndex();
		System.out.println("Magic index " + m.search(A));
	}

}