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* algorithm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_search_algorithm)
* @details
* Binary search is a search algorithm that finds the position of a target value
* within a sorted array. Binary search compares the target value to the middle
* element of the array. If they are not equal, the half in which the target
* within a sorted array.Just like looking for a word in a dictionary, in binary search we compare the target value to the middle
* element of the array. If they are not equal, then the half in which the target
* cannot lie is eliminated and the search continues on the remaining half,
* again taking the middle element to compare to the target value, and repeating
* this until the target value is found. If the search ends with the remaining
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* ### Implementation
*
* Binary search works on sorted arrays. Binary search begins by comparing an
* Binary search works on sorted arrays. It begins by comparing an
* element in the middle of the array with the target value. If the target value
* matches the element, its position in the array is returned. If the target
* value is less than the element, the search continues in the lower half of
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* Worst-case time complexity O(log n)
* Best-case time complexity O(1)
* Average time complexity O(log n)
* space complexity 0(1)
* Worst-case space complexity 0(1)
*
* @author [Lajat Manekar](https://github.com/Lazeeez)