Finding values between min and max in 1d array in Javascript

Question

I have an array with values and I need to find all values between min and max. I believe I need to construct some kind of search tree, is that correct? I want something like:

var values : number[] = tree.findBetween(min : number, max: number);

The performance of the search is the main criterion.

Also, I don't need to change the tree (add/remove values) once it is constructed.

What is it that I need? A binary-tree? A balanced search tree? A static search tree?

Where do I start?

Answer 1

Thanks to @bergi for the answer, I really do not need to construct a search tree to perform a binary search on a sorted array, so I should be able to find my values and get the part of the array between them.

Just for curiosity, I found an interesting article comparing the performance of the binary search with an ordinary search - loop through the array. The article somehow mistakenly includes the time to sort the array into the search time - you are supposed to use the binary search only if you have a sorted array (if you can pre-sort it before of the performance critical period). I run the code with up to some 1e7 items and the binary search on sorted arrays takes 0 milliseconds as compared to tens of milliseconds for simply looping the array.

In the end, this is the fastest implementation of binary search I could find. https://oli.me.uk/2014/12/17/revisiting-searching-javascript-arrays-with-a-binary-search/

Thanks for everyone's help.

Answer 2

Oh, sorry, my Globish sometimes plays tricks on me. Otherwise, I do not see too much where the difficulty is for such a question, but here is always a new answer (hoping that this time I will not be next to the plate)

outside this : what could it be more faster than a native js method ?

 const MaxValue = 50, MinValue = 10 ; let ArrayOrigin = [12, 5, 8, 130, 44, 25, 14, 42, 36 ], ArrayInLimits = ArrayOrigin.filter( elm=> elm>MinValue && elm<MaxValue) ; console.log( ...ArrayInLimits );