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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;-- This module provides a generic exponential search algorithm.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local checkType = require('libraryUtil').checkType&lt;br /&gt;
local floor = math.floor&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local function midPoint(lower, upper)&lt;br /&gt;
	return floor(lower + (upper - lower) / 2)&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local function search(testFunc, i, lower, upper)&lt;br /&gt;
	if testFunc(i) then&lt;br /&gt;
		if i + 1 == upper then&lt;br /&gt;
			return i&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		lower = i&lt;br /&gt;
		if upper then&lt;br /&gt;
			i = midPoint(lower, upper)&lt;br /&gt;
		else&lt;br /&gt;
			i = i * 2&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		return search(testFunc, i, lower, upper)&lt;br /&gt;
	else&lt;br /&gt;
		upper = i&lt;br /&gt;
		i = midPoint(lower, upper)&lt;br /&gt;
		return search(testFunc, i, lower, upper)&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
return function (testFunc, init)&lt;br /&gt;
	checkType('Exponential search', 1, testFunc, 'function')&lt;br /&gt;
	checkType('Exponential search', 2, init, 'number', true)&lt;br /&gt;
	if init and (init &amp;lt; 1 or init ~= floor(init) or init == math.huge) then&lt;br /&gt;
		error(string.format(&lt;br /&gt;
			&amp;quot;invalid init value '%s' detected in argument #2 to &amp;quot; ..&lt;br /&gt;
			&amp;quot;'Exponential search' (init value must be a positive integer)&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
			tostring(init)&lt;br /&gt;
		), 2)&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	init = init or 2&lt;br /&gt;
	if not testFunc(1) then&lt;br /&gt;
		return nil&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	return search(testFunc, init, 1, nil)&lt;br /&gt;
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