How to Perform Binary Search on Java Short Array

The example aims to perform binary search for an element of short array in Java.

Source Code

package com.beginner.examples;

import java.util.Arrays;

public class BinarySearchShortArray {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		//create short array.
		short shortArray[] = {1,2,3,4,5};
		
		/*
		 * Please note that the short array MUST BE SORTED before it can be searched
		 * using binarySearch method.
		 */
		//sort byte array using Arrays.sort method
		Arrays.sort(shortArray);
		short searchValue = 3;
		int result = Arrays.binarySearch(shortArray,searchValue);
		System.out.println("Result of binary search of 3 is : " + result);

	}

}

Output:

Result of binary search of 3 is : 2

References

Imported packages in Java documentation:

Arrays