C Exercises: Binary searching

C Recursion : Exercise-21 with Solution

Write a program in C for binary search using recursion.

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Sample Solution:

C Code:

#include <stdio.h>
int binarySearch(int*, int, int, int, int);

int main()
{
    int arr1[10], i, n, md, c, low, hg;

    printf("\n\n Recursion : Binary searching :\n");
    printf("-----------------------------------\n");
    printf(" Input the number of elements to store in the array :");
    scanf("%d", &n);
    printf(" Input %d numbers of elements in the array in ascending order :\n", n);
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) 
    {
        printf(" element - %d : ", i);
        scanf("%d", &arr1[i]);
    }
    printf(" Input the number to search : ");
    scanf("%d", &md);
    low = 0, hg = n - 1;
    c = binarySearch(arr1, n, md, low, hg);
    if (c == 0)
        printf(" The search number not exists in the array.\n\n");
    else
        printf(" The search number found in the array.\n\n");
    return 0;
}

int binarySearch(int arr1[], int n, int md, int low, int hg)
{
    int mid, c = 0;
    if (low <= hg) 
    {
        mid = (low + hg) / 2;
        if (md == arr1[mid]) 
        {
            c = 1;
        }
        else if (md < arr1[mid]) 
        {
            return binarySearch(arr1, n, md, low, mid - 1);
        }
        else
            return binarySearch(arr1, n, md, mid + 1, hg);
    }
    else
        return c;
}

Sample Output:

 Input the number of elements to store in the array :3                                                        
 Input 3 numbers of elements in the array in ascending order :                                                
 element - 0 : 15                                                                                             
 element - 1 : 25                                                                                             
 element - 2 : 35                                                                                             
 Input the number to search : 35                                                                              
 The search number found in the array. 

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