Search for a non-existent element

      
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) {

    List<String> sortedList = new LinkedList<String>();
    sortedList.addAll(Arrays.asList(new String[] { "a", "b", "c", "d" }));

    int index = Collections.binarySearch(sortedList, "c");
    System.out.println(index);
    index = Collections.binarySearch(sortedList, "e");
    System.out.println(index);
  }
}
/*
2
-5
*/

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