Added order agnostic binary search in java file

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Dhruv B 2022-12-24 14:05:32 +05:30
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//Order Agnostic Binary Search implementation in JAVA
public class OrderAgnosticBinarySearch {
static int orderAgnosticBinarySearch(int[] arr, int target) {
int start = 0;
int end = arr.length - 1;
// find whether the array is sorted in ascending or descending
boolean isAsc = arr[start] < arr[end];
while(start <= end) {
// find the middle element
// int mid = (start + end) / 2;
// might be possible that (start + end) exceeds the range of int in java
int mid = start + (end - start) / 2;
if (arr[mid] == target) {
return mid;
}
if (isAsc) {
if (target < arr[mid]) {
end = mid - 1;
} else {
start = mid + 1;
}
} else {
if (target > arr[mid]) {
end = mid - 1;
} else {
start = mid + 1;
}
}
}
return -1;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
int[] arr = {1, 5, 10, 20, 30};
int target = 30;
int ans = orderAgnosticBinarySearch(arr, target);
System.out.println(ans);
}
}
//rename to OrderAgnosticBinarySearch to run.