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| 1 | +#!/usr/bin/env python3 |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +""" |
| 4 | +Pure Python implementation of exponential search algorithm |
| 5 | +
|
| 6 | +For more information, see the Wikipedia page: |
| 7 | +https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_search |
| 8 | +
|
| 9 | +For doctests run the following command: |
| 10 | +python3 -m doctest -v exponential_search.py |
| 11 | +
|
| 12 | +For manual testing run: |
| 13 | +python3 exponential_search.py |
| 14 | +""" |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +from __future__ import annotations |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +def binary_search_by_recursion( |
| 20 | + sorted_collection: list[int], item: int, left: int = 0, right: int = -1 |
| 21 | +) -> int: |
| 22 | + """Pure implementation of binary search algorithm in Python using recursion |
| 23 | +
|
| 24 | + Be careful: the collection must be ascending sorted otherwise, the result will be |
| 25 | + unpredictable. |
| 26 | +
|
| 27 | + :param sorted_collection: some ascending sorted collection with comparable items |
| 28 | + :param item: item value to search |
| 29 | + :param left: starting index for the search |
| 30 | + :param right: ending index for the search |
| 31 | + :return: index of the found item or -1 if the item is not found |
| 32 | +
|
| 33 | + Examples: |
| 34 | + >>> binary_search_by_recursion([0, 5, 7, 10, 15], 0, 0, 4) |
| 35 | + 0 |
| 36 | + >>> binary_search_by_recursion([0, 5, 7, 10, 15], 15, 0, 4) |
| 37 | + 4 |
| 38 | + >>> binary_search_by_recursion([0, 5, 7, 10, 15], 5, 0, 4) |
| 39 | + 1 |
| 40 | + >>> binary_search_by_recursion([0, 5, 7, 10, 15], 6, 0, 4) |
| 41 | + -1 |
| 42 | + """ |
| 43 | + if right < 0: |
| 44 | + right = len(sorted_collection) - 1 |
| 45 | + if list(sorted_collection) != sorted(sorted_collection): |
| 46 | + raise ValueError("sorted_collection must be sorted in ascending order") |
| 47 | + if right < left: |
| 48 | + return -1 |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | + midpoint = left + (right - left) // 2 |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | + if sorted_collection[midpoint] == item: |
| 53 | + return midpoint |
| 54 | + elif sorted_collection[midpoint] > item: |
| 55 | + return binary_search_by_recursion(sorted_collection, item, left, midpoint - 1) |
| 56 | + else: |
| 57 | + return binary_search_by_recursion(sorted_collection, item, midpoint + 1, right) |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +def exponential_search(sorted_collection: list[int], item: int) -> int: |
| 61 | + """ |
| 62 | + Pure implementation of an exponential search algorithm in Python. |
| 63 | + For more information, refer to: |
| 64 | + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_search |
| 65 | +
|
| 66 | + Be careful: the collection must be ascending sorted, otherwise the result will be |
| 67 | + unpredictable. |
| 68 | +
|
| 69 | + :param sorted_collection: some ascending sorted collection with comparable items |
| 70 | + :param item: item value to search |
| 71 | + :return: index of the found item or -1 if the item is not found |
| 72 | +
|
| 73 | + The time complexity of this algorithm is O(log i) where i is the index of the item. |
| 74 | +
|
| 75 | + Examples: |
| 76 | + >>> exponential_search([0, 5, 7, 10, 15], 0) |
| 77 | + 0 |
| 78 | + >>> exponential_search([0, 5, 7, 10, 15], 15) |
| 79 | + 4 |
| 80 | + >>> exponential_search([0, 5, 7, 10, 15], 5) |
| 81 | + 1 |
| 82 | + >>> exponential_search([0, 5, 7, 10, 15], 6) |
| 83 | + -1 |
| 84 | + """ |
| 85 | + if list(sorted_collection) != sorted(sorted_collection): |
| 86 | + raise ValueError("sorted_collection must be sorted in ascending order") |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | + if sorted_collection[0] == item: |
| 89 | + return 0 |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | + bound = 1 |
| 92 | + while bound < len(sorted_collection) and sorted_collection[bound] < item: |
| 93 | + bound *= 2 |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | + left = bound // 2 |
| 96 | + right = min(bound, len(sorted_collection) - 1) |
| 97 | + return binary_search_by_recursion(sorted_collection, item, left, right) |
| 98 | + |
| 99 | + |
| 100 | +if __name__ == "__main__": |
| 101 | + import doctest |
| 102 | + |
| 103 | + doctest.testmod() |
| 104 | + |
| 105 | + # Manual testing |
| 106 | + user_input = input("Enter numbers separated by commas: ").strip() |
| 107 | + collection = sorted(int(item) for item in user_input.split(",")) |
| 108 | + target = int(input("Enter a number to search for: ")) |
| 109 | + result = exponential_search(sorted_collection=collection, item=target) |
| 110 | + if result == -1: |
| 111 | + print(f"{target} was not found in {collection}.") |
| 112 | + else: |
| 113 | + print(f"{target} was found at index {result} in {collection}.") |
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