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main.c Add binary search algorithm in c
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This adds binary search algorithm in c language which looks for a
particular element in the array and returns it's position or  index
value , if found . Else it returns -1

Closes NITSkmOS#44
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sudhirsaharan committed Oct 3, 2018
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.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;
gi
middle = (first + last)/2;
}
if (first > last)
printf("Not found! %d isn't present in the list.\n", search);

return 0;
}

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