# NAG FL Interfacem01nbf (intvec_​search)

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## 1Purpose

m01nbf searches an ordered vector of integer numbers and returns the index of the first value equal to the sought-after item.

## 2Specification

Fortran Interface
 Function m01nbf ( iv, m1, m2, item,
 Integer :: m01nbf Integer, Intent (In) :: iv(m2), m1, m2, item Integer, Intent (Inout) :: ifail Logical, Intent (In) :: valid
#include <nag.h>
 Integer m01nbf_ (const logical *valid, const Integer iv[], const Integer *m1, const Integer *m2, const Integer *item, Integer *ifail)
The routine may be called by the names m01nbf or nagf_sort_intvec_search.

## 3Description

m01nbf 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, $0$ is returned. Second, if a value equal to the sought-after item is not found, the index of the immediate lower value is returned.

## 4References

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

## 5Arguments

1: $\mathbf{valid}$Logical Input
On entry: if valid is set to .TRUE. argument checking will be performed. If valid is set to .FALSE. m01nbf will be called without argument checking (which includes checking that array iv is sorted in ascending order) and the routine will return with ${\mathbf{ifail}}={\mathbf{0}}$. See Section 9 for further details.
2: $\mathbf{iv}\left({\mathbf{m2}}\right)$Integer array Input
On entry: elements ${\mathbf{m1}}$ to ${\mathbf{m2}}$ contain integer values to be searched.
Constraint: elements ${\mathbf{m1}}$ to ${\mathbf{m2}}$ of iv must be sorted in ascending order.
3: $\mathbf{m1}$Integer Input
On entry: the index of the first element of iv to be searched.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{m1}}\ge 1$.
4: $\mathbf{m2}$Integer Input
On entry: the index of the last element of iv to be searched.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{m2}}\ge {\mathbf{m1}}$.
5: $\mathbf{item}$Integer Input
On entry: the sought-after item.
6: $\mathbf{ifail}$Integer Input/Output
On entry: ifail must be set to $0$, $-1$ or $1$ to set behaviour on detection of an error; these values have no effect when no error is detected.
A value of $0$ causes the printing of an error message and program execution will be halted; otherwise program execution continues. A value of $-1$ means that an error message is printed while a value of $1$ means that it is not.
If halting is not appropriate, the value $-1$ or $1$ is recommended. If message printing is undesirable, then the value $1$ is recommended. Otherwise, the value $0$ is recommended. When the value $-\mathbf{1}$ or $\mathbf{1}$ is used it is essential to test the value of ifail on exit.
On exit: ${\mathbf{ifail}}={\mathbf{0}}$ unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see Section 6).

## 6Error Indicators and Warnings

If on entry ${\mathbf{ifail}}=0$ or $-1$, explanatory error messages are output on the current error message unit (as defined by x04aaf).
Errors or warnings detected by the routine:
Note: these errors will only be returned if ${\mathbf{valid}}=\mathrm{.TRUE.}$.).
${\mathbf{ifail}}=2$
On entry, iv must be sorted in ascending order: ${\mathbf{iv}}\text{​ element ​}⟨\mathit{\text{value}}⟩>\text{​ element ​}⟨\mathit{\text{value}}⟩$.
${\mathbf{ifail}}=3$
On entry, ${\mathbf{m1}}=⟨\mathit{\text{value}}⟩$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{m1}}\ge 1$.
${\mathbf{ifail}}=4$
On entry, ${\mathbf{m1}}=⟨\mathit{\text{value}}⟩$, ${\mathbf{m2}}=⟨\mathit{\text{value}}⟩$.
Constraint: ${\mathbf{m1}}\le {\mathbf{m2}}$.
${\mathbf{ifail}}=-99$
See Section 7 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.
${\mathbf{ifail}}=-399$
Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See Section 8 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.
${\mathbf{ifail}}=-999$
Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See Section 9 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

Not applicable.

## 8Parallelism and Performance

m01nbf is not threaded in any implementation.

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 m01nbf 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 m01nbf is $\mathit{O}\left(\mathrm{log}\left(n\right)\right)$, where $n={\mathbf{m2}}-{\mathbf{m1}}+1$, when ${\mathbf{valid}}=\mathrm{.FALSE.}$.

## 10Example

This example reads a list of integer numbers and sought-after items and performs the search for these items.

### 10.1Program Text

Program Text (m01nbfe.f90)

### 10.2Program Data

Program Data (m01nbfe.d)

### 10.3Program Results

Program Results (m01nbfe.r)