Just for sake of argument, we'll assume it's about there, and I do the same thing.

为了方便起见,我们假定就在这里，重复之前做的。

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Is this value what I'm looking for? Again, for sake of argument, let's assume it's not.

这是我们要找的值么？,再一次，为了方便起见。

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Now I look at that element. Is it the thing I'm looking for? If I'm really lucky, it is. If not, I look at the value of that point here and the thing I'm looking for. And for sake of argument let's assume that the thing I'm looking for is smaller than the value here.

现在我们瞧瞧指向的元素,它是我们找的值么？如果足够幸运，他就是，如果不是,我们比较指向的元素,同我们要找的元素，方便起见,假设要找的元素比这里的值要小。

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