ahh, ok. i knew there was a name for it. :)
Philip Streck
Akron General Medical Center
Information Systems
>>> "Richard Burmeister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/06/01 09:11AM >>>
> From: Phillip Streck
>
> Thanks for all the input, what i ended up doing was using a
> search algorithm similiar to the Quick Sort algorithm... i'm not
> sure what its called, but i'm sure it has a name.
>
FYI, Phillip, the code you posted is a binary search. It is "binary"
because it divides the area to be searched in half each time it goes through
the loop.
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