Saturday, 25 February 2017

Consider the C function given below. Assume that the array listA contains n (> 0) elements, sorted in ascending order.


int ProcessArray(int *listA, int x, int n)
{
    int i, j, k;
    i = 0;
    j = n-1;
    do{
        k = (i+j)/2;
        if (x <= listA[k])
            j = k-1;
        if (listA[k] <= x)
            i = k+1;
    } while (i <= j);
    if (listA[k] == x)
        return(k);
    else
        return -1;
}
Which one of the following statements about the function ProcessArray is CORRECT?
(A) It will run into an infinite loop when x is not in listA.
(B) It is an implementation of binary search.
(C) It will always find the maximum element in listA.
(D) It will return -1 even when x is present in listA.
Answer: (B)
Explanation: The program is a simple iterative C implementation of Binary Search.

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