描述
The java.util.Arrays.binarySearch(char[] a, int fromIndex, int toIndex, char key) method searches a range of the specified array of chars for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The range must be sorted before making this call.If it is not sorted, the results are undefined.
聲明
Following is the declaration for java.util.Arrays.binarySearch() method
public static int binarySearch(char[] a, int fromIndex, int toIndex, char key)
參數
a -- This is the array to be searched.
fromIndex -- This is the index of the first element (inclusive) to be searched.
toIndex -- This is the index of the last element (exclusive) to be searched.
key -- This is the value to be searched for.
返回值
This method returns index of the search key, if it is contained in the array, else it returns (-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is the point at which the key would be inserted into the array; the index of the first element in the range greater than the key, or toIndex if all elements in the range are less than the specified key.
異常
IllegalArgumentException -- if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException -- if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length