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  1. def binary_search(list, element):
  2. 	middle = 0
  3. 	start = 0
  4. 	end = len(list)
  5. 	steps = 0
  6.  
  7. 	while(start<=end):
  8. 		print("Step",steps,":",str(list[start:end+1]))
  9.  
  10. 		steps = steps + 1
  11. 		middle = (start + end) // 2
  12.  
  13. 		if element == list[middle]:
  14. 			return middle
  15. 		if element < list[middle]:
  16. 			end = middle - 1
  17. 		else:
  18. 			start = middle + 1
  19.  
  20. 	return -1
  21.  
  22. my_list = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
  23. target = 2
  24.  
  25. print("Return",binary_search(my_list, target))
  26.  
  27.  
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 9168KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
Step 0 : [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
Step 1 : [1, 2, 3, 4]
Return 1
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Python 3 (python  3.12)
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