Exercise_1.java

class BinarySearch { 
    // Returns index of x if it is present in arr[l.. r], else return -1 
    int binarySearch(int arr[], int l, int r, int x) 
    { 
        int mid=(l+r)/2;
        if(arr[mid]==x) return mid;
        else if(arr[mid]>x)
            {
               return binarySearch(arr, l, mid, x);
            }
            
            else{
               return binarySearch(arr, mid,r, x);}
                //Write your code here
    } 
  
    // Driver method to test above 
    public static void main(String args[]) 
    { 
        BinarySearch ob = new BinarySearch(); 
        int arr[] = { 2, 3, 4, 10, 40 }; 
        int n = arr.length; 
        int x = 10; 
        int result = ob.binarySearch(arr, 0, n - 1, x); 
        if (result == -1) 
            System.out.println("Element not present"); 
        else
            System.out.println("Element found at index " + result); 
    } 
}