[英]Binary Search keeps returning false when the return value should be true
我正在使用NetBeans对带有参考号的图书馆数据库进行编程,以查找书籍。 我同时使用线性和二进制搜索来确定参考号是否在库中,但是二进制搜索在应为true时始终返回false。 这是我的总体代码:
package u3a3_bookslist;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class bookslist {
//Define the default variables to use in all other methods of the program
public static int index, numSearches;
public static void main(String[] args) {
//Define the ArrayList to store the values of 'BookList.txt'
ArrayList <String> books = new ArrayList <String>();
//Define the default values to use later in the code
BufferedReader br = null;
String referenceNumber;
//Use a try statement to analyze the entire 'BookList.txt' file and add
//each value on a new line into the arrayList 'books'
try {
br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("BookList.txt"));
String word;
while ((word = br.readLine()) != null ){
books.add(word);
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
try {
br.close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
//Create a new Array called 'bookList' to store and convert all the values
//from the 'books' arrayList
String [] bookList = new String[books.size()];
books.toArray(bookList);
//Create a scanner input to ask the user to enter a reference number
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter the reference number of a book to determine"
+ " if it is in the library or not: ");
//Set the variable 'referenceNumber' to whatever value that the user inputted
//into the Scanner
referenceNumber = input.next();
//Obtain the boolean result of either true or false from the Binary and
//Linear search methods
Boolean resultLinear = linearSearch(bookList, referenceNumber);
Boolean resultBinary = binarySearch(bookList, 0, bookList.length-1, referenceNumber);
//Analyze each element that is contained in the 'bookList' Array
for (int i = 0; i < bookList.length; i++) {
//Determine if the value of 'i' is equal to the 'referenceNumber'
//converted into an int format
if (i == Integer.parseInt(referenceNumber)) {
//Determine if the 'i' index of the 'bookList' Array is equal
//to the user inputted reference number
if (bookList[i].equals(referenceNumber)) {
//If the previous statement were true, the 'index' variable
//was set to equal to current value for 'i'
index = i;
}
}
}
//Determine the message to display to the user depending on if the reference
//number was found in the Array using a Linear Search
if (resultLinear == true) {
System.out.println("Linear Search: Reference Number " + referenceNumber +
" was found in the library. The book with that number is: " + bookList[index+1]);
} else {
System.out.println("Linear Search: Reference Number " + referenceNumber
+ " not in the library. No book with that number.");
}
//Determine the message to display to the user depending on if the reference
//number was found in the Array using a Binary search
if (resultBinary != false) {
System.out.println("Binary Search: Reference Number " + referenceNumber +
" was found in the library. The book with that number is: " + bookList[index+1]);
} else {
System.out.println("Binary Search: Reference Number " + referenceNumber
+ " not in the library. No book with that number.");
}
}
//Execute a linear search to determine if the user inputted reference number
//is contained in the bookList Array
static public Boolean linearSearch(String[] A, String B) {
for (int k = 0; k < A.length; k++) {
if (A[k].equals(B)) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
//Execute a binary search to determine if the user inputted reference number
//is contained in the bookList Array
public static Boolean binarySearch(String[] A, int left, int right, String V) {
int middle;
numSearches ++;
if (left > right) {
return false;
}
middle = (left + right)/2;
int compare = V.compareTo(A[middle]);
if (compare == 0) {
return true;
}
if (compare < 0) {
return binarySearch(A, left, middle-1, V);
} else {
return binarySearch(A, middle + 1, right, V);
}
}
}
我遇到问题的程序部分如下:
public static Boolean binarySearch(String[] A, int left, int right, String V) {
int middle;
numSearches ++;
if (left > right) {
return false;
}
middle = (left + right)/2;
int compare = V.compareTo(A[middle]);
if (compare == 0) {
return true;
}
if (compare < 0) {
return binarySearch(A, left, middle-1, V);
} else {
return binarySearch(A, middle + 1, right, V);
}
}
我只是不明白为什么二进制搜索应该为True时返回false。 当线性搜索为true时,甚至返回true。
我看到您在线性搜索和二进制搜索中都使用了相同的数组。
您是否忘了对数组进行排序?
使二分查找成为可能的是给定数组已排序的事实-值仅以一种方式进行(大多数情况下会变大)。
我在您的代码中看不到任何排序-二进制搜索起作用的最重要条件是排序数组。 如果您考虑一下,会发生以下情况:每次将数组“切割”为2个部分(没有定义每个部分的任何内容,不像排序的数组,其中一个部分大于中间部分,而另一个则更小*)给定值和发现值不相等。
由于数组未排序,因此获得正确值的机会非常小,搜索无法根据他“指向”的值来找到所需的值
如果希望的值在中间,或者如果它采用的“路线”以某种方式导致了它(很少会经常发生),那么您的代码就会工作。
*也可能相等。 只是给出想法。
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