In Core/System/SysUtils.h you will find:
Boolean SysBinarySearch (void const *baseP, Int16 numOfElements, Int16 width,
SearchFuncPtr searchF, void const *searchData,
Int32 other, Int32 *position, Boolean findFirst)
On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 09:17:03AM -0400, Phillip Streck wrote:
> 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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