bsearch in octave

[Jeff Abrahamson]

I want to find the last element in a row vector that is less than a
given value.  I want the index of this value.  In C, for example, I'd
use bsearch (binary search), thus the subject on my mail.

I don't see how to do this in octave (besides implementing binary
search).  Did I miss it?  Any pointers?

Thanks much.

For example,

    bsearch([1, 3, 7, 15], 6)  ==> 2
    bsearch([1, 3, 7, 15], 7)  ==> 3
    bsearch([1, 3, 7, 15], 8)  ==> 3

That is, 3 < 6 < 7, but 7 < 7 < 15 and 7 < 8 < 15.  And 3 has index 2,
7 has index 3.

-- 
 Jeff

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