allalgorithms-python

Binary Search

In computer science, binary search, also known as half-interval search, logarithmic search, or binary chop, is a search algorithm that finds the position of a target value within a sorted array

Install

pip install allalgorithms

Usage

from allalgorithms.searches import binary_search

arr = [-2, 1, 2, 7, 10, 77]

print(binary_search(arr, 7))
# -> 3

print(binary_search(arr, 3))
# -> None

API

binary_search(array, query)

Return array index if its found, otherwise returns None

Params:

• array: Sorted Array
• query: Element to search for in the array

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