If we take high = MAX_CAPACITY Here MAX_CAPACITY denotes the maximum no of words dictinary can index. Actual no of words stored in dictionary could be less than MAX_CAPACITY.
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Minotauraus <anike...@gmail.com> wrote: > high= const.(10^const) > > What's const? The point of this isn't that it's a difficult prob to > solve. Point lies in working with the design to make this close to log > n. > > Define what value "const" holds. > > On Sep 21, 9:12 am, "coolfrog$" <dixit.coolfrog.div...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > its dictionary means shorted ordered arry. > > let low = 1; and high= const.(10^const) > > > > Boolean isWord(String word) > > { while(low <= high) > > { mid = (low+ high)/2; > > if(word = getWordAt(mid)) > > return true; > > if( word > getWordAt(mid)) > > { high = mid-1 > > } > > else > > low = mid+1; > > } > > > > } > > Its a simple Binary Search Algorithm ... > > who's complexity is O(log n) times. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<algogeeks%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > -- Ramdas Kale +919983526790 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.