Example #1
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func bin_search(searchkey []byte, fh io.Reader) []byte {
	var c int
	var top, mid, bot, diff int64
	var length int

	diff = 666
	top = 0
	fileStats, err := fh.Stat()
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Unable to get the stats of file: %s\n", err)
		os.Exit(1)
	}
	bot = fileStats.Size
	mid = (bot - top) / 2

	line := make([]byte, LINE_LEN)

	for {
		newpos, err := fh.Seek(mid-1, os.SEEK_SET)
		if err != nil {
			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error while Seeking: %s\n", err)
			os.Exit(1)
		}
		if newpos != mid-1 {
			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Something happened while Seeking: %d != %d\n", newpos, mid-1)
			os.Exit(1)
		}

	}
}