GS Chandy
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Re: Please help me with the following question
Posted:
Mar 7, 2013 8:54 PM
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Joe Niederberger posted Mar 7, 2013 9:59 PM:
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> >Your problem is (fairly) well defined and the answer
> is a binary search.
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> "Binary Search" usually refers to an algorithm that
> finds a specific member of an ordered (sorted)
> random-access array.
> That's not the setup here.
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> Cheers,
> Joe N
>
Indeed. Thanks, Joe.
I had just posted a question to Robert Hansen expressing some parts of my considerable bewilderment at his 'binary-search' assertion.
GSC
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