Class SimpleSearcher

java.lang.Object

SimpleSearcher

public class SimpleSearcher
extends java.lang.Object

The SimpleSearcher Java application runs a small test on the search method that searches for a specified number in an array.

Java Source Code for this class: http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~main/applications/SimpleSearcher.java

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SimpleSearcher()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) The main method prints a table of test results, searching for numbers in an array that contains 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14.
static boolean	search(double[] data, double target) Search an array for a specified number.
static boolean	search2(double[] data, double target) Search an array for a specified number.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SimpleSearcher

public SimpleSearcher()

Method Detail

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

The main method prints a table of test results, searching for numbers in an array that contains 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14.

Parameters:

args - not used in this implementation

search

public static boolean search(double[] data,
                             double target)

Search an array for a specified number.

Parameters:

data - an array of double numbers

target - a particular number that we are searching for

Returns:

true (to indicate that target occurs somewhere in the array) or false (to indicate that target is not in the array)

search2

public static boolean search2(double[] data,
                              double target)

Search an array for a specified number. This implementation uses the new form of a for-loop to iterate through the elements of an array.

Parameters:

data - an array of double numbers

target - a particular number that we are searching for

Returns:

true (to indicate that target occurs somewhere in the array) or false (to indicate that target is not in the array)