Write a Binary Search program

Answer Posted / jerry prince

Option Explicit

'
' Student record user defined type.
'
Private Type tStud
RegNO As String * 9
ContactAddress As String * 40
StudentName As String * 30
Phone As String * 24
Sex As String * 10
End Type

'
' Array of students
'
Private StudArray() As tStud
Private StudRec As tStud

Private RecCt As Long


Private Sub cmdQuit_Click()
End
End Sub


Private Sub cmdSearchArray_Click()
Dim lngMatch As Long

'
' Search the array for a record.
'
lngMatch = fSearchArray(txtNO)
'
' If found, display the record.
'
If lngMatch Then
Call pShowArrayRecord(lngMatch)
Else
Call ClearRecord
End If
End Sub

Private Sub cmdSearchFile_Click()
Dim lngMatch As Long

'
' Search the file for a record.
'
lngMatch = fSearchFile(txtNO)
'
' If found, display the record.
'
If lngMatch Then
Call pShowFileRecord(lngMatch)
Else
Call ClearRecord
End If
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim GetStud As tStud
Dim l As Long

'
' Load an array with data from the file and
' load the listbox with the Reg NO from each record.
'
Open "StudList.dat" For Random As 1 Len = Len(GetStud)
RecCt = LOF(1) / Len(GetStud)
ReDim StudArray(1 To RecCt)

For l = 1 To RecCt
Get 1, l, StudArray(l)
lstRegNO.AddItem StudArray(l).RegNO
Next
Close 1

End Sub

Private Sub pShowArrayRecord(lngRecord As Long)

'
' Display a record from the array in the textboxes.
'
txtRegNO = StudArray(lngRecord).RegNO
txtContactAddress = StudArray(lngRecord).ContactAddress
txtStudentName = StudArray(lngRecord).StudentName
txtPhone = StudArray(lngRecord).Phone
txtSex = StudArray(lngRecord).Sex

End Sub

Private Sub pShowFileRecord(lngRecord As Long)
'
' Display a record from the file in the textboxes.
'
txtRegNO = StudRec.RegNO
txtContactAddress = StudRec.ContactAddress
txtStudentName = StudRec.StudentName
txtPhone = StudRec.Phone
txtSex = StudRec.Sex

End Sub

Private Sub ClearRecord()

'
' Clear the text boxes
'
txtRegNO = ""
txtContactAddress = ""
txtStudentName = ""
txtPhone = ""
txtSex = ""

End Sub

Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)

Erase StudArray
Set frmSearch = Nothing

End Sub

Private Sub lstRegNO_Click()
'
' Display the selected listbox item in the textbox.
'
txtNO = lstRegNO.Text
End Sub

Private Function fSearchArray(strSearchItem As String) As Long
Dim lngFirst As Long
Dim lngLast As Long
Dim lngMiddle As Long
Dim lngLastPass As Long
Dim strItem As String
Dim strValue As String
Dim blnDone As Boolean
'
' Search an array for an item using a binary search.
' The search is not case sensitive.
' Returned is the index of the matching array element.
'

'
' Initialize the pointers to the first
' and last records.
'
lngFirst = 1
lngLast = UBound(StudArray)
strItem = UCase$(Trim$(strSearchItem))
'
' If only one record, see if it is the desired one.
'
If lngLast = 1 Then
If strItem = UCase$(StudArray(1).RegNO) Then
fSearchArray = 1
Else
fSearchArray = 0
End If
Exit Function
End If
'
' Set the pointer to the middle record.
'
lngMiddle = ((lngLast - lngFirst) + 1) \ 2

'
' Apply the binary search criteria until the
' item is found or the list is exhausted.
'
Do Until blnDone
strValue = UCase$(StudArray(lngMiddle).RegNO)

If strItem = strValue Then
'
' Found it.
'
fSearchArray = lngMiddle
blnDone = True
Exit Do
ElseIf strItem < strValue Then
'
' Direction = down
' Remove the second half of the list.
'
lngLast = lngMiddle
lngMiddle = lngMiddle - ((lngLast - lngFirst) +
1) \ 2
ElseIf strItem > strValue Then
'
' Direction = Up
' Remove the first half of the list.
'
lngFirst = lngMiddle
lngMiddle = lngMiddle + ((lngLast - lngFirst) +
1) \ 2
End If

'
' See if list is still divisible.
'
If (lngMiddle = lngFirst) Or (lngMiddle = lngLast) Then
lngLastPass = lngLastPass + 1
If lngLastPass = 2 Then
lngLastPass = 0
fSearchArray = 0
blnDone = True
End If
End If
Loop

End Function




Private Function fSearchFile(strSearchItem As String) As Long
Dim lngFirst As Long
Dim lngLast As Long
Dim lngMiddle As Long
Dim lngLastPass As Long
Dim strItem As String
Dim strValue As String
Dim blnDone As Boolean


Open "StudList.dat" For Random As 1 Len = Len(StudRec)
RecCt = LOF(1) / Len(StudRec)
'
' Search a file for an item using a binary search.
' The search is not case sensitive.
' Returned is the index of the matching file element.
'

'
' Initialize the pointers to the first
' and last records.
'
lngFirst = 1
lngLast = RecCt
strItem = UCase$(Trim$(strSearchItem))

'
' If only one record, see if it is the desired one.
'
If lngLast = 1 Then
Get 1, 1, StudRec
If strItem = UCase$(StudRec.RegNO) Then
fSearchFile = 1
Else
fSearchFile = 0
End If
Close 1
Exit Function
End If
'
' Set the pointer to the middle record.
'
lngMiddle = ((lngLast - lngFirst) + 1) \ 2

'
' Apply the binary search criteria until the
' item is found or the file is exhausted.
'
Do Until blnDone
'
' Read a record from the file.
'
Get 1, lngMiddle, StudRec

strValue = UCase$(StudRec.RegNO)

If strItem = strValue Then
'
' Found it.
'
fSearchFile = lngMiddle
blnDone = True
Exit Do
ElseIf strItem < strValue Then
'
' Direction = down
' Remove the second half of the file.
'
lngLast = lngMiddle
lngMiddle = lngMiddle - ((lngLast - lngFirst) +
1) \ 2
ElseIf strItem > strValue Then
'
' Direction = Up
' Remove the first half of the file.
'
lngFirst = lngMiddle
lngMiddle = lngMiddle + ((lngLast - lngFirst) +
1) \ 2
End If

'
' See if file is still divisible.
'
If (lngMiddle = lngFirst) Or (lngMiddle = lngLast) Then
lngLastPass = lngLastPass + 1
If lngLastPass = 2 Then
lngLastPass = 0
fSearchFile = 0
blnDone = True
End If
End If
Loop

Close 1

End Function


Private Sub txtID_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
'
' Convert to upper case.
'
KeyAscii = Asc(UCase$(Chr(KeyAscii)))

End Sub

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