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# Python 3 program for recursive binary search. # Modifications needed for the older Python 2 are found in comments. # Returns index of x in arr if present, else -1 def binary_search(arr, low, high, x): # Check base case if high >= low: mid = (high + low) // 2 # If 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 elif arr[mid] > x: return binary_search(arr, low, mid - 1, x) # Else the element can only be present in right subarray else: return binary_search(arr, mid + 1, high, x) else: # Element is not present in the array return -1 # Test array arr = [ 2, 3, 4, 10, 40 ] x = 10 # Function call result = binary_search(arr, 0, len(arr)-1, x) if result != -1: print("Element is present at index", str(result)) else: print("Element is not present in array")
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