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Divide and conquer --> question 1
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class problemSolving {
static int binarySearch(int[] a, int x, int left, int right) {
if (left > right) {
return -1;
}
int middle = left + ((right - left) / 2);
if (a[middle] == x) {
return middle;
} else if (a[middle] > x) {
return binarySearch(a, x, left, middle - 1);
} else {
return binarySearch(a, x, middle + 1, right);
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
FastScanner scanner = new FastScanner(System.in);
int n = scanner.nextInt();
int[] a = new int[n];
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
a[i] = scanner.nextInt();
}
int m = scanner.nextInt();
int[] b = new int[m];
for (int i = 0; i < m; i++) {
b[i] = scanner.nextInt();
}
for (int i = 0; i < m; i++) {
System.out.print(binarySearch(a, b[i], 0, a.length - 1) + " ");
}
}
static class FastScanner {
BufferedReader br;
StringTokenizer st;
FastScanner(InputStream stream) {
try {
br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream));
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
String next() {
while (st == null || !st.hasMoreTokens()) {
try {
st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
return st.nextToken();
}
int nextInt() {
return Integer.parseInt(next());
}
}
}
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