in reply to Improve my lookup script

You can use CPAN module, such as List::BinarySearch instead of writing code yourself.

Also, instead of using min and max you could use $array[0] and $array[-1] - the list is sorted.

Also, as far I can see, you check if value is out of bounds every time loop passes. You can move this check outside loop.

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Re^2: Improve my lookup script
by jjap (Monk) on Aug 22, 2012 at 15:46 UTC
    Indeed all very good points!

    Thanks for pointing me to List::BinarySearch.

     bsearch_num_pos($lookup, @array) gives me a grip to handle further calculations.