Invitation to Computer Science 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1337561916
ISBN 13: 978-1-33756-191-4

Chapter 3 - Exercises - Page 145: 25b

Answer

Perform a binary search on the list: $[\text { Arturo, Elsa, JoAnn, John, Jose, Lee, Snyder, Tracy }]$ We're searching for Tracy. $\bullet$ begin $=$ Arturo; end $=$ Tracy; $m=$ John; $\ \ \ $Compare John to Tracy. Tracy follows John. $\ \ \ $Set begin to $m+1=$ Jose; $\bullet$ begin $=$ Jose; $e n d=$ Tracy; $m=$ Lee; $\ \ \ $Compare Lee to Tracy. Tracy follows Lee. $\ \ \ $Set begin to $m+1=$ Snyder; $\bullet$ begin $=$ Snyder; end $=$ Tracy; $m=$ Tracy; $\ \ \ $Compare Tracy to Tracy. $m=$ Tracy $\ \ \ $Set Found $=Y e s$ and stop the algorithm.

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