Exp Search

#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

int binarySearch(int array[], int start, int end, int key) {

   if(start <= end) {

      int mid = (start + (end - start) /2); //mid location of the list

      if(array[mid] == key)

         return mid;

      if(array[mid] > key)

         return binarySearch(array, start, mid-1, key);

         return binarySearch(array, mid+1, end, key);

   }

   return -1;

}

int exponentialSearch(int array[], int start, int end, int key)

{

   if((end - start) <= 0)

      return -1;

      int i = 1; // as 2^0 = 1

      while(i < (end - start)){

         if(array[i] < key)

            i *= 2; //i will increase as power of 2

         else

            break; //when array[i] corsses the key element

   }

   return binarySearch(array, i/2, i, key); //search item in the smaller range

}

int main() {

   int n, searchKey, loc;

   cout << "Enter number of items: ";

   cin >> n;

   int arr[n]; //create an array of size n

   cout << "Enter items: " << endl;

   for(int i = 0; i< n; i++) {

      cin >> arr[i];

   }

   cout << "Enter search key to search in the list: ";

   cin >> searchKey;

   if((loc = exponentialSearch(arr, 0, n, searchKey)) >= 0)

      cout << "Item found at location: " << loc << endl;

   else

      cout << "Item is not found in the list." << endl;

}