Arrays.binarySearch(char[] a, int fromIndex, int toIndex, char key) has the following syntax.
public static int binarySearch(char[] a, int fromIndex, int toIndex, char key)
In the following code shows how to use Arrays.binarySearch(char[] a, int fromIndex, int toIndex, char key) method.
Binary search needs sorted arrays.
import java.util.Arrays; /* w w w . j a va 2s . com*/ public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { // initializing sorted char array char charArr[] = {'a', 'c', 'd', 'e','f'}; // value to search char searchVal = 'e'; // entering the range of index int retVal = Arrays.binarySearch(charArr,1,5,searchVal); System.out.println("The index of e is : " + retVal); } }
The code above generates the following result.