// Copyright 2016 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package sort_test import ( "fmt" "sort" ) // This example demonstrates searching a list sorted in ascending order. func ExampleSearch() { a := []int{1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55} x := 6 i := sort.Search(len(a), func(i int) bool { return a[i] >= x }) if i < len(a) && a[i] == x { fmt.Printf("found %d at index %d in %v\n", x, i, a) } else { fmt.Printf("%d not found in %v\n", x, a) } // Output: // found 6 at index 2 in [1 3 6 10 15 21 28 36 45 55] } // This example demonstrates searching a list sorted in descending order. // The approach is the same as searching a list in ascending order, // but with the condition inverted. func ExampleSearch_descendingOrder() { a := []int{55, 45, 36, 28, 21, 15, 10, 6, 3, 1} x := 6 i := sort.Search(len(a), func(i int) bool { return a[i] <= x }) if i < len(a) && a[i] == x { fmt.Printf("found %d at index %d in %v\n", x, i, a) } else { fmt.Printf("%d not found in %v\n", x, a) } // Output: // found 6 at index 7 in [55 45 36 28 21 15 10 6 3 1] }