/** * let's visualize binary search */ function indexSearch(list, element) { let currentIndex, currentElement, minIndex = 0, maxIndex = list.length - 1; while (minIndex <= maxIndex) { currentIndex = Math.floor((maxIndex + maxIndex) / 2); currentElement = list[currentIndex]; if (currentElement === element) { return currentIndex; } if (currentElement < element) { minIndex = currentIndex + 1; } if (currentElement > element) { maxIndex = currentIndex - 1; } } return -1; }