1 /* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
6 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
7 License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 Library General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
15 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
16 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
17 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
23 /* Perform a binary search for KEY in BASE which has NMEMB elements
24 of SIZE bytes each. The comparisons are done by (*COMPAR)(). */
26 DEFUN(bsearch, (key, base, nmemb, size, compar),
27 register CONST PTR key AND register CONST PTR base AND
28 size_t nmemb AND register size_t size AND
29 register int EXFUN((*compar), (CONST PTR, CONST PTR)))
31 register size_t l, u, idx;
33 register int comparison;
40 p = (PTR) (((CONST char *) base) + (idx * size));
41 comparison = (*compar)(key, p);
44 else if (comparison > 0)