これは分割統治スタイルのソリューションです。(はるかに)簿記を犠牲にして、より多くの要素をスキップできます。むしろ途中で左から右へ、テストをスキャンしにスキップより両方の方向。
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
int could_contain(int k, int left, int right, int width);
int find(int k, int array[], int lower, int upper);
int main(void){
int a[] = {4,3,2,3,2,3,4,5,4,5,6,7,8,7,8};
printf("7 first occurs at index %d\n",find(7,a,0,14));
printf("but 9 first \"occurs\" at index %d\n",find(9,a,0,14));
return 0;
}
int could_contain(int k, int left, int right, int width){
return (width >= 0) &&
(left <= k && k <= right) ||
(right <= k && k <= left) ||
(abs(k - left) + abs(k - right) < width);
}
int find(int k, int array[], int lower, int upper){
//printf("%d\t%d\n", lower, upper);
if( !could_contain(k, array[lower], array[upper], upper - lower )) return -1;
int mid = (upper + lower) / 2;
if(array[mid] == k) return mid;
lower = find(k, array, lower + abs(k - array[lower]), mid - abs(k - array[mid]));
if(lower >= 0 ) return lower;
upper = find(k, array, mid + abs(k - array[mid]), upper - abs(k - array[upper]));
if(upper >= 0 ) return upper;
return -1;
}