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# NAG Toolbox: nag_sort_intvec_search (m01nb)

## Purpose

nag_sort_intvec_search (m01nb) searches an ordered vector of integer numbers and returns the index of the first value equal to the sought-after item.

## Syntax

[result, ifail] = m01nb(valid, iv, item, 'm1', m1, 'm2', m2)
[result, ifail] = nag_sort_intvec_search(valid, iv, item, 'm1', m1, 'm2', m2)

## Description

nag_sort_intvec_search (m01nb) is based on Professor Niklaus Wirth's implementation of the Binary Search algorithm (see Wirth (2004)), but with two modifications. First, if the sought-after item is less than the value of the first element of the array to be searched, 0$0$ is returned. Second, if a value equal to the sought-after item is not found, the index of the immediate lower value is returned.

## References

Wirth N (2004) Algorithms and Data Structures 35–36 Prentice Hall

## Parameters

### Compulsory Input Parameters

1:     valid – logical scalar
If valid is set to true parameter checking will be performed. If valid is set to false nag_sort_intvec_search (m01nb) will be called without parameter checking (which includes checking that array iv is sorted in ascending order) and the function will return with ${\mathbf{ifail}}={\mathbf{0}}$. See Section [Further Comments] for further details.
2:     iv(m2) – int64int32nag_int array
m2, the dimension of the array, must satisfy the constraint m2m1${\mathbf{m2}}\ge {\mathbf{m1}}$.
Elements m1 to m2 contain integer values to be searched.
Constraint: elements m1 to m2 of iv must be sorted in ascending order.
3:     item – int64int32nag_int scalar
The sought-after item.

### Optional Input Parameters

1:     m1 – int64int32nag_int scalar
Default: 1$1$
The index of the first element of iv to be searched.
Constraint: m11${\mathbf{m1}}\ge 1$.
2:     m2 – int64int32nag_int scalar
Default: The dimension of the array iv.
The index of the last element of iv to be searched.
Constraint: m2m1${\mathbf{m2}}\ge {\mathbf{m1}}$.

None.

### Output Parameters

1:     result – int64int32nag_int scalar
The result of the function.
2:     ifail – int64int32nag_int scalar
${\mathrm{ifail}}={\mathbf{0}}$ unless the function detects an error (see [Error Indicators and Warnings]).

## Error Indicators and Warnings

Errors or warnings detected by the function:
(Note:  these errors will only be returned if valid = true${\mathbf{valid}}=\mathbf{true}$.)
ifail = 2${\mathbf{ifail}}=2$
On entry, elements m1 to m2 of iv are not sorted in ascending order.
ifail = 3${\mathbf{ifail}}=3$
On entry, m2 < 1${\mathbf{m2}}<1$.
ifail = 4${\mathbf{ifail}}=4$
On entry, m1 > m2${\mathbf{m1}}>{\mathbf{m2}}$.

## Accuracy

Not applicable.

The argument valid should be used with caution. Set it to false only if you are confident that the other arguments are correct, in particular that array iv is in fact arranged in ascending order. If you wish to search the same array iv many times, you are recommended to set valid to true on first call of nag_sort_intvec_search (m01nb) and to false on subsequent calls, in order to minimize the amount of time spent checking iv, which may be significant if iv is large.
The time taken by nag_sort_intvec_search (m01nb) is O(log(n))$\mathit{O}\left(\mathrm{log}\left(n\right)\right)$, where n = m2m1 + 1$n={\mathbf{m2}}-{\mathbf{m1}}+1$, when valid = false${\mathbf{valid}}=\mathbf{false}$.

## Example

```function nag_sort_intvec_search_example
iv = [int64(5);6;11;12;13;13;21;23;23;41;58;59;65;65;86;99];
result = zeros(4, 1, 'int64');
validate = true;
item = int64(21);
[result(1), ifail] = nag_sort_intvec_search(validate, iv, item);
validate = false;
item = int64(4);
[result(2), ifail] = nag_sort_intvec_search(validate, iv, item);
item = int64(71);
[result(3), ifail] = nag_sort_intvec_search(validate, iv, item);
item = int64(100);
[result(4), ifail] = nag_sort_intvec_search(validate, iv, item)
```
```

result =

7
0
14
16

ifail =

0

```
```function m01nb_example
iv = [int64(5);6;11;12;13;13;21;23;23;41;58;59;65;65;86;99];
result = zeros(4, 1, 'int64');
validate = true;
item = int64(21);
[result(1), ifail] = m01nb(validate, iv, item);
validate = false;
item = int64(4);
[result(2), ifail] = m01nb(validate, iv, item);
item = int64(71);
[result(3), ifail] = m01nb(validate, iv, item);
item = int64(100);
[result(4), ifail] = m01nb(validate, iv, item)
```
```

result =

7
0
14
16

ifail =

0

```