TheAlgorithms-Ruby/searches/recursive_linear_search.rb
2020-12-20 16:08:48 -08:00

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# A pure Ruby implementation of a recursive linear search algorithm
def rec_linear_search(sequence, low, high, target)
raise Exception('Invalid upper or lower bound!') unless high < sequence.length && low < sequence.length
return -1 if high < low
return low if sequence[low] == target
return high if sequence[high] == target
rec_linear_search(sequence, low + 1, high - 1, target)
end
puts(rec_linear_search([0, 30, 500, 100, 700], 0, 4, 0))
# => 0
puts(rec_linear_search([0, 30, 500, 100, 700], 0, 4, 700))
# => 4
puts(rec_linear_search([0, 30, 500, 100, 700], 0, 4, 30))
# => 1
puts(rec_linear_search([0, 30, 500, 100, 700], 0, 4, -6))
# => -1