Start of binary search for ls command

src/lib/stores/bash/search.ts

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+import type { Bash } from "./bash";
+import type { TreeNode } from "./fs";
+
+export class Search {
+    
+    public static nodeBinarySearch(
+        this: Bash,
+        nodes: TreeNode[],
+        max: number
+    ): number {
+        let low: number = 1;
+        let high: number = nodes.length;
+        let c: number = (low + high) / 2;
+        const nameLengths: number[] = nodes.map(node => node.name.length);
+
+    }
+    
+    private static binarySearchDNC(
+        n: number,  
+        nameLengths: number[], 
+        low: number, 
+        high: number, 
+        max: number): number {
+
+        let c: number = (low + high) / 2; 
+
+        if(low + 1 < high) {
+            for(let i = 0; i < c; i++) {
+                const colSize: number = 
+                    i < (n % c) ? n : n -1;
+            }
+
+            const calculatedWidth: number =
+                nameLengths.reduce((result, value) => result + value) + (c-1) * 2
+                
+            if (calculatedWidth <= max) {
+                low = c;
+                return c;
+            }
+            else {
+                high = c;
+            }
+
+            this.binarySearchDNC(n, nameLengths, low, high, max);
+        }
+    }
+}
+