I'm trying to build a recursive function which returns the address within a sorted array by comparing to the middle value and proceeding based on relative size. Should the value not be in the array, it is supposed to simply print NULL. Now the first part of the function works, however whenever a null is supposed to happen I get a segmentation fault. The code looks as follows:
#include <stdio.h>
int *BinSearchRec(int arr[], int size, int n){
if(n==arr[size/2]){
return &arr[size/2];
}
else if(n>arr[size/2]) {
return(BinSearchRec(arr, size+size/2, n));
}
else if(n<arr[size/2]) {
return(BinSearchRec(arr, size-size/2, n));
}
else{
return NULL;
}
}
main(){
int numb[]={2,7,8,9};
if((int)(BinSearchRec(numb, 4, 22)-numb)>=0) {
printf("Position: %d \n", (int)(BinSearchRec(numb, 4, 22)-numb)+1);
}
else{
printf("NULL \n");
}
}
int *and you treat it like anint. AlsoNULL == 0=>NULL >= 0.sizetosize/2which is larger thensizeand you reach out of your array eventaully