From 8e4626705ebe5181f2194fa5e294cd8a70bf0cfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aman Dhiman <98019405+amann-67@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 21:08:06 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Create binarySearch.java

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 binarySearch.java | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 binarySearch.java

diff --git a/binarySearch.java b/binarySearch.java
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+class BinarySearch {
+
+	// Returns index of x if it is present in arr[l..
+	// r], else return -1
+	int binarySearch(int arr[], int l, int r, int x)
+	{
+		if (r >= l) {
+			int mid = l + (r - l) / 2;
+
+			// If the element is present at the
+			// middle itself
+			if (arr[mid] == x)
+				return mid;
+
+			// If element is smaller than mid, then
+			// it can only be present in left subarray
+			if (arr[mid] > x)
+				return binarySearch(arr, l, mid - 1, x);
+
+			// Else the element can only be present
+			// in right subarray
+			return binarySearch(arr, mid + 1, r, x);
+		}
+
+		// We reach here when element is not present
+		// in array
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	// Driver code
+	public static void main(String args[])
+	{
+		BinarySearch ob = new BinarySearch();
+		int arr[] = { 2, 3, 4, 10, 40 };
+		int n = arr.length;
+		int x = 10;
+		int result = ob.binarySearch(arr, 0, n - 1, x);
+		if (result == -1)
+			System.out.println(
+				"Element is not present in array");
+		else
+			System.out.println(
+				"Element is present at index " + result);
+	}
+}