Java Binary Search
If you want to understand Binary Search in detail then refer to the binary search algorithm article.
Java provides us with a ready to use function Arrays.binarySearch() so that we don’t have to implement the function ourselves. It is a very simple to use and efficiently implemented method and it is not prone to errors.
Arrays.binarySearch() Overview
Syntax
public static int binarySearch(T arr, T key )
T can be any of the following: int, float, short, long, byte, char, double, and even a user-defined Object as well.
Just like our implemented binary search, it also requires the array to be sorted otherwise the results are undefined. It searches the array using the binary search algorithm and finds the index of the target element. If there are multiple occurrences of the target element then it can return the index of any one of them.
Parameters
Arr |
The input array |
Key |
The target element we are searching for. |
Return
If it finds the target element then it returns its index. Otherwise, it returns beg - 1 where beg is the starting index of the array search space.
Java Program for Binary Search
import java.util.Arrays;
class BinarySearchExample{
public static void main(String args[]){
int arr[] = {1,2,3,4,5};
int key = 2;
int result = Arrays.binarySearch(arr,key);
if (result < 0)
System.out.println("Element is not found!");
else
System.out.println("Element is found at index: "+result);
}
}
Output:
Element is found at index: 1
