README.md

Here I will try to create my own algorithms library which will include algorithms from a book called 'Groking algorithms'.

It's a study project but i hope it turns into a usefull tool at least for me.

Take care!

Binary Search

Binary search finds index of the element in a sorted array. If array doesnt include the element, function returns Undefined.

const testArray = [-12, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 111];
binarySearch(array, -12) //0
binarySearch(array, 4) //undefined

const testArray2 = ['a', 'ab', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'de', 'e'];
binarySearch(testArray2, 'de') //5

Breadth-first search

Breadth-first search function takes three arguments: starting point, graph, callback. It finds the very first element that matches the callback. The graph should take string as key and array as value.

eg: Let's imagine that we are looking for a mango seller. Every mango seller has a name which ends with 'm'. The callback will look something like this:

   const cb = (name) => name[name.length - 1] === 'm';

The graph consinst of a person's name as key and the list of person's friends as value:

  const graph = new Map();
  graph.set('me', ['Jhon', 'Mary', 'Lina']);
  graph.set('Jhon', ['Kira', 'Mike', 'Danny']);
  graph.set('Danny', ['Thom', 'Laura', 'Michael']);
  graph.set('Lina', []);
  graph.set('Mary', []);
  graph.set('Mike', ['Lina', 'Mary']);
  graph.set('Kira', ['Mike']);
  graph.set('Laura', []);
  graph.set('Michael', ['Kira']);
  graph.set('Thom', []);

Function call:

  breadthFirstSearch('me', graph, cb) // true

The function will return true and log the name of the seller: Thom.