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#include <stdio.h> | |
int main() | |
{ | |
int c, first, last, middle, n, search, array[100]; | |
printf("Enter number of elements\n"); | |
scanf("%d",&n); | |
printf("Enter %d integers\n", n); | |
for ( c = 0 ; c < n ; c++ ) | |
scanf("%d",&array[c]); | |
printf("Enter value to find\n"); | |
scanf("%d",&search); | |
first = 0; | |
last = n - 1; | |
middle = (first+last)/2; | |
while( first <= last ) | |
{ | |
if ( array[middle] < search ) | |
first = middle + 1; | |
else if ( array[middle] == search ) | |
{ | |
printf("%d found at location %d.\n", search, middle+1); | |
break; | |
} | |
else | |
last = middle - 1; | |
middle = (first + last)/2; | |
} | |
if ( first > last ) | |
printf("Not found! %d is not present in the list.\n", search); | |
return 0; | |
} |
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