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  1. /* Returns either the index of the location in the array,
  2. or -1 if the array did not contain the targetValue */
  3. var doSearch = function(array, targetValue) {
  4. var min = 0;
  5. var max = array.length - 1;
  6. var guess;
  7. var iterations = 0;
  8.  
  9. while(max>=min){
  10. iterations+=1;
  11. guess = floor((min+max)/2);
  12.  
  13. if(array[guess]===targetValue){
  14. println("number of iterations: " + iterations)
  15. return guess;
  16. }
  17. else if(array[guess]<targetValue){
  18. min = guess + 1;
  19. }
  20. else{
  21. max = guess - 1;
  22. }
  23.  
  24. println(guess);
  25. }
  26. println(iterations)
  27. return -1;
  28. };
  29.  
  30.  
  31.  
  32. var primes = [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37,
  33. 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97];
  34.  
  35. var result = doSearch(primes, 73);
  36. println("Found prime at index " + result);
  37.  
  38. Program.assertEqual(doSearch(primes, 73), 20);
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