programming-examples/python/Algorithms/Python program for binary search.py
2019-11-15 12:59:38 +01:00

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def binary_search(item_list,item):
first = 0
last = len(item_list)-1
found = False
while( first<=last and not found):
mid = (first + last)//2
if item_list[mid] == item :
found = True
else:
if item < item_list[mid]:
last = mid - 1
else:
first = mid + 1
return found
print(binary_search([1,2,3,5,8], 6))
print(binary_search([1,2,3,5,8], 5))