binary search python 2 code example

Example 1: iterative binary search python

def binary_search(a, key):
	low = 0
	high = len(a) - 1
	while low < high:
		mid = (low + high) // 2
		if key == a[mid]:
			return True
		elif key < mid:
			high = mid - 1
		else:
			low = mid + 1

	return False

Example 2: binary search python

# This is real binary search
# this algorithm works very good because it is recursive

def binarySearch(arr, min, max, x):
    if max >= min:
        i = int(min + (max - min) / 2) # average
        if arr[i] == x:
            return i
        elif arr[i] < x:
            return binarySearch(arr, i + 1, max, x)
        else:
            return binarySearch(arr, min, i - 1, x)