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/* Returns either the index of the location in the array,
or -1 if the array did not contain the targetValue */
function doSearch(array, targetValue) {
let min = 0;
let max = array.length - 1;
let guess;
while(min < max + 1){
guess = Math.floor((max + min) / 2);
if(array[guess] === targetValue){
return guess;
}
else if(array[guess] < targetValue){
min = guess + 1;
}
else{max = guess - 1;}
}
return -1;
};
const primes = [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37,
41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97];
let result = doSearch(primes, 73);
console.log("Found prime at index " + result);
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