Python/searches/simple_binary_search.py
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"""
Pure Python implementation of a binary search algorithm.
For doctests run following command:
python3 -m doctest -v simple_binary_search.py
For manual testing run:
python3 simple_binary_search.py
"""
from __future__ import annotations
def binary_search(a_list: list[int], item: int) -> bool:
"""
>>> test_list = [0, 1, 2, 8, 13, 17, 19, 32, 42]
>>> binary_search(test_list, 3)
False
>>> binary_search(test_list, 13)
True
>>> binary_search([4, 4, 5, 6, 7], 4)
True
>>> binary_search([4, 4, 5, 6, 7], -10)
False
>>> binary_search([-18, 2], -18)
True
>>> binary_search([5], 5)
True
>>> binary_search(['a', 'c', 'd'], 'c')
True
>>> binary_search(['a', 'c', 'd'], 'f')
False
>>> binary_search([], 1)
False
>>> binary_search([-.1, .1 , .8], .1)
True
>>> binary_search(range(-5000, 5000, 10), 80)
True
>>> binary_search(range(-5000, 5000, 10), 1255)
False
>>> binary_search(range(0, 10000, 5), 2)
False
"""
if len(a_list) == 0:
return False
midpoint = len(a_list) // 2
if a_list[midpoint] == item:
return True
if item < a_list[midpoint]:
return binary_search(a_list[:midpoint], item)
else:
return binary_search(a_list[midpoint + 1 :], item)
if __name__ == "__main__":
user_input = input("Enter numbers separated by comma:\n").strip()
sequence = [int(item.strip()) for item in user_input.split(",")]
target = int(input("Enter the number to be found in the list:\n").strip())
not_str = "" if binary_search(sequence, target) else "not "
print(f"{target} was {not_str}found in {sequence}")