[algogeeks] Re: Whats the complexity?

2011-07-20 Thread Dumanshu
it should involve the exponential increment! somebody plz help

On Jul 20, 10:56 pm, Ankur Khurana  wrote:
> in my opinion , it is log(indexof(k))
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> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Dumanshu  wrote:
> > that is why m confused. how would u rate this algo? in what order?
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> > On Jul 20, 10:44 pm, Ankur Khurana  wrote:
> > > when n is not defined , you want complexity in terms of ?
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> > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Dumanshu  wrote:
> > > > Given an infinite length list. u got to find index of an element k.
> > > > use this approach-
> > > > initially, take length as 2^x where x increases from 1 to ...
> > > > while (still not found)
> > > > {
> > > > now if arr[2^x-1] < k,
> > > >  increment x
> > > > else
> > > > binarysearch on length 2^(x-1) to 2^(x)
> > > > }
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> > > > Please help me to find the complexity of this particular approach...
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Re: [algogeeks] Re: Whats the complexity?

2011-07-20 Thread Ankur Khurana
in my opinion , it is log(indexof(k))

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Dumanshu  wrote:

> that is why m confused. how would u rate this algo? in what order?
>
> On Jul 20, 10:44 pm, Ankur Khurana  wrote:
> > when n is not defined , you want complexity in terms of ?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Dumanshu  wrote:
> > > Given an infinite length list. u got to find index of an element k.
> > > use this approach-
> > > initially, take length as 2^x where x increases from 1 to ...
> > > while (still not found)
> > > {
> > > now if arr[2^x-1] < k,
> > >  increment x
> > > else
> > > binarysearch on length 2^(x-1) to 2^(x)
> > > }
> >
> > > Please help me to find the complexity of this particular approach...
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[algogeeks] Re: Whats the complexity?

2011-07-20 Thread Dumanshu
that is why m confused. how would u rate this algo? in what order?

On Jul 20, 10:44 pm, Ankur Khurana  wrote:
> when n is not defined , you want complexity in terms of ?
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Dumanshu  wrote:
> > Given an infinite length list. u got to find index of an element k.
> > use this approach-
> > initially, take length as 2^x where x increases from 1 to ...
> > while (still not found)
> > {
> > now if arr[2^x-1] < k,
> >  increment x
> > else
> > binarysearch on length 2^(x-1) to 2^(x)
> > }
>
> > Please help me to find the complexity of this particular approach...
>
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