RosettaCodeData/Task/Binary_search/Python/binary_search.py

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