Commit af7cd539 authored by bitplane's avatar bitplane

Added const binary search method to array along with warning: it will use...

Added const binary search method to array along with warning: it will use linear_search if the array is not sorted

git-svn-id: svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/irrlicht/code/trunk@2588 dfc29bdd-3216-0410-991c-e03cc46cb475
parent c0817da7
......@@ -378,7 +378,8 @@ public:
//! Performs a binary search for an element, returns -1 if not found.
/** The array will be sorted before the binary search if it is not
already sorted.
already sorted. Caution is advised! Be careful not to call this on
unsorted const arrays, or the slower method will be used.
\param element Element to search for.
\return Position of the searched element if it was found,
otherwise -1 is returned. */
......@@ -389,6 +390,21 @@ public:
}
//! Performs a binary search for an element if possible, returns -1 if not found.
/** This method is for const arrays and so cannot call sort(), if the array is
not sorted then linear_search will be used instead. Potentially very slow!
\param element Element to search for.
\return Position of the searched element if it was found,
otherwise -1 is returned. */
s32 binary_search(const T& element) const
{
if (is_sorted)
return binary_search(element, 0, used-1);
else
return linear_search(element);
}
//! Performs a binary search for an element, returns -1 if not found.
/** \param element: Element to search for.
\param left First left index
......
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