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Procedure Abstract Required_Reading Keywords Brief_I/O Detailed_Input | Detailed_Output Parameters Exceptions Files Particulars Examples | Restrictions Literature_References Author_and_Institution Version Index_Entries
#### Procedure
       SpiceInt lstlti_c ( SpiceInt          x,
                           SpiceInt          n,
                           ConstSpiceInt   * array )
#### Abstract
       Given a number x and an array of non-decreasing numbers,
       find the index of the largest array element less than x.
#### Required_Reading
       None.
#### Keywords
       SEARCH,  ARRAY
#### Brief_I/O
       VARIABLE  I/O  DESCRIPTION
       --------  ---  --------------------------------------------------
       x          I   Value to search against.
       n          I   Number of elements in array.
       array      I   Array of possible lower bounds.

       The function returns the index of the last element of array that is
       less than x.
#### Detailed_Input
       x              is an integer serving as a key value.

       n              is the total number of elements in array.

       array          is an array of integers that forms a  non-decreasing
                      sequence.
#### Detailed_Output
       The function returns the index of the last element of the non-decreasing
       sequence

          {array[i] : 0 <=  i < n }

       that is less than x.  Indices range from zero to n-1.

       If all elements of array are greater than or equal to x, this routine
       returns the value -1.
#### Parameters
       None.
#### Exceptions
       Error free.

       If n is less than or equal to zero, the function returns -1.  This case
       is not treated as an error.
#### Files
       None.
#### Particulars
       This routine uses a binary search algorithm and so requires
       at most on the order of

          log (n)
             2

       steps to compute the value of lstlti_c.

       Note:  If you need to find the first element of the array that is greater
              than or equal to x, simply add 1 to the result returned by this
              function and check to see if the result is within the array bounds
              given by n.
#### Examples
       1)  Let array be assigned the following values:

              array[0] = -2;
              array[1] = -2;
              array[2] =  0;
              array[3] =  1;
              array[4] =  1;
              array[5] = 11;

           The table below demonstrates the behavior of lstlti_c:

                        Call                       Returned Value
              =========================            ==============
              lstlti_c ( -3, 6, array )                -1

              lstlti_c ( -2, 6, array )                -1

              lstlti_c (  0, 6, array )                 1

              lstlti_c (  1, 6, array )                 2

              lstlti_c ( 12, 6, array )                 5
#### Restrictions
       If the sequence in the input argument array is not non-decreasing,
       the results of this routine are undefined.
#### Literature_References
       None.
#### Author_and_Institution
       N.J. Bachman    (JPL)
       H.A. Neilan     (JPL)
       W.L. Taber      (JPL)
#### Version
       -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 09-JUL-2002 (NJB) (HAN) (WLT)
#### Index_Entries
       last integer element less_than_or_equal_to
#### Link to routine lstlti_c source file lstlti_c.c

    Wed Jun  9 13:05:26 2010