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Write a C program for binary search in sorted array.

Solution:
#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);
break;
      }
      else
last = middle - 1;
//       printf("%d\n",middle);
      middle = (first + last)/2;
  //     printf("%d\n",middle);
   }
   if (first > last)
      printf("Not found! %d is not present in the list.\n", search);

   return 0;
}

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