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| 1 | + # Interactive Search |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | + ## Problem |
| 4 | + This is an easy interactive problem . You will be a value `n` and you have to find the secret number which is within `1` to `n` in `30` tries . You will be given a response `high` or `low` or `correct` . If you guess the number in `30` tries you will get `AC` otherwise `WA` . |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | + ## Solution |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | + The maximum value of `n` is `1e9` so we can't use linear search . |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | + As the number of tries is `30` we can use binary search to find the number because to find a number within a range of `1` to `1e9` it will take binary search maximum `log2(1e9)` which is okay for our problem. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | + So we will use binary search to find the number . |
| 14 | + ``` |
| 15 | + 1. We will take the input of `n` and set the `low` as `1` and `high` as `n`. |
| 16 | + 2. Then we will find the mid value and print it as guess . |
| 17 | + 3. Then we will take the response as input . |
| 18 | + 5. If the response is `high` then we will set `high` as `mid - 1` . |
| 19 | + 6. If the response is `low` then we will set `low` as `mid + 1` . |
| 20 | + 7. If the response is `correct` then we will return . |
| 21 | + 8. If the count is greater than `30` then we will print `too many tries` and return . |
| 22 | +``` |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +You can learn more about binary search from |
| 25 | +1. [geeksforgeeks](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/binary-search/) |
| 26 | +2. [cp-algorithms](https://cp-algorithms.com/num_methods/binary_search.html) |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +``` |
| 29 | + Time Complexity : O(log(n)) |
| 30 | + Space Complexity : O(1) |
| 31 | +``` |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | + ## CPP |
| 37 | +```cpp |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +#include <bits/stdc++.h> |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +using namespace std; |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +int main() |
| 44 | +{ |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | + int low = 1, high = 100000; |
| 47 | + // Taking the value of n as input and setting it as high as it will be the maximum value |
| 48 | + cin >> high; |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | + // To keep track of the number of tries |
| 52 | + int count = 0; |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | + // Binary search |
| 55 | + while (low <= high) |
| 56 | + { |
| 57 | + // Finding the mid value |
| 58 | + int mid = (low + high) >> 1; |
| 59 | + // Printing the guess |
| 60 | + cout << "guess " << mid << endl; |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | + // Taking the response as input |
| 64 | + string response; |
| 65 | + cin >> response; |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | + // Checking the response |
| 68 | + if (response == "correct") |
| 69 | + return 0; |
| 70 | + else if (response == "high") |
| 71 | + high = mid - 1; |
| 72 | + else if (response == "low") |
| 73 | + low = mid + 1; |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | + // Increasing the count |
| 76 | + count++; |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | + // If the count is greater than 30 then printing too many tries and returning |
| 79 | + if (count >= 30) |
| 80 | + { |
| 81 | + cout << "too many tries" << endl; |
| 82 | + return 0; |
| 83 | + } |
| 84 | + } |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | + return 0; |
| 87 | +} |
| 88 | +``` |
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