glibc/stdlib/bsearch.c
Andreas Jaeger 41bdb6e20c Update to LGPL v2.1.
2001-07-06  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>

	* manual/argp.texi: Remove ignored LGPL copyright notice; it's
	not appropriate for documentation anyway.
	* manual/libc-texinfo.sh: "Library General Public License" ->
	"Lesser General Public License".

2001-07-06  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>

	* All files under GPL/LGPL version 2: Place under LGPL version
	2.1.
2001-07-06 04:58:11 +00:00

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/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1997, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
02111-1307 USA. */
#include <stdlib.h>
/* Perform a binary search for KEY in BASE which has NMEMB elements
of SIZE bytes each. The comparisons are done by (*COMPAR)(). */
void *
bsearch (const void *key, const void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
int (*compar) (const void *, const void *))
{
size_t l, u, idx;
const void *p;
int comparison;
l = 0;
u = nmemb;
while (l < u)
{
idx = (l + u) / 2;
p = (void *) (((const char *) base) + (idx * size));
comparison = (*compar) (key, p);
if (comparison < 0)
u = idx;
else if (comparison > 0)
l = idx + 1;
else
return (void *) p;
}
return NULL;
}