Binary Search using pthread
Binary search is a popular method of searching in a sorted array or list. It simply divides the list into two halves and discard the half which has zero probability of having the key. On dividing we check the mid point for the key and uses the lower half if key is less than mid point and upper half if key is greater than mid point. Binary search has time complexity of O(log(n)).
Binary search can also be implemented using multi-threading where we utilizes the cores of processor by providing each thread a portion of list to search for the key.
Number of threads depends upon the number of cores your processor has and its better to create one thread for each core.
Examples:
Input : list = 1, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30, 64, 110, 220
key = 7
Output : 7 found in list
Input : list = 1, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30, 64, 110, 220
key = 111
Output : 111 not found in list
Note – It is advised to execute the program in Linux based system.
Compile in linux using following code:
g++ -pthread program_name.cpp
// CPP Program to perform binary search using pthreads#include <iostream>using namespace std; // size of array#define MAX 16 // maximum number of threads#define MAX_THREAD 4 // array to be searchedint a[] = { 1, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30, 64, 110, 220 }; // key that needs to be searchedint key = 110;bool found = false;int part = 0; void* binary_search(void* arg){ // Each thread checks 1/4 of the array for the key int thread_part = part++; int mid; int low = thread_part * (MAX / 4); int high = (thread_part + 1) * (MAX / 4); // search for the key until low < high // or key is found in any portion of array while (low < high && !found) { // normal iterative binary search algorithm mid = (high - low) / 2 + low; if (a[mid] == key) { found = true; break; } else if (a[mid] > key) high = mid - 1; else low = mid + 1; }} // Driver Codeint main(){ pthread_t threads[MAX_THREAD]; for (int i = 0; i < MAX_THREAD; i++) pthread_create(&threads;[i], NULL, binary_search, (void*)NULL); for (int i = 0; i < MAX_THREAD; i++) pthread_join(threads[i], NULL); // key found in array if (found) cout << key << " found in array" << endl; // key not found in array else cout << key << " not found in array" << endl; return 0;} |
Output:
110 found in array
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