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22 /*      Copyright (c) 1984 AT&T */
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24 
25 #pragma ident	"%Z%%M%	%I%	%E% SMI"  /* from S5R2 1.5 */
26 
27 /*LINTLIBRARY*/
28 /*
29  * Binary search algorithm, generalized from Knuth (6.2.1) Algorithm B.
30  *
31  */
32 
33 typedef char *POINTER;
34 
35 POINTER
36 bsearch(key, base, nel, width, compar)
37 POINTER	key;			/* Key to be located */
38 POINTER	base;			/* Beginning of table */
39 unsigned nel;			/* Number of elements in the table */
40 unsigned width;			/* Width of an element (bytes) */
41 int	(*compar)();		/* Comparison function */
42 {
43 	int two_width = width + width;
44 	POINTER last = base + width * (nel - 1); /* Last element in table */
45 
46 	while (last >= base) {
47 
48 		register POINTER p = base + width * ((last - base)/two_width);
49 		register int res = (*compar)(key, p);
50 
51 		if (res == 0)
52 			return (p);	/* Key found */
53 		if (res < 0)
54 			last = p - width;
55 		else
56 			base = p + width;
57 	}
58 	return ((POINTER) 0);		/* Key not found */
59 }
60