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+import java.util.Scanner;
+public class Main
+{
+    public static void main(String[] args)
+    {
+        Scanner scanner=new Scanner(System.in);
+        System.out.println("enter number of elements");
+        int size = scanner.nextInt();
+        System.out.println("enter number in sorted order");
+        int sortArr[]= new int[size];
+        int i;
+        for(i=0;i<size;i++)
+        {
+            sortArr[i]= scanner.nextInt();
+        }
+        System.out.println("enter number to be searched");
+        int key= scanner.nextInt();
+        Binarysearch bsearch = new Binarysearch(sortArr,key);
+        bsearch.search();
+        bsearch.result();
+    }
+}
+ class Binarysearch
+{
+    private int[] arr;
+    private int key;
+    public  Binarysearch(int[] arr,int key)
+    {
+        this.arr = arr;
+        this.key=key;
+    }
+    public int search()
+    {
+        int top=0;
+        int bottom =arr.length-1;
+        while(top<=bottom)
+        {
+            int mid=(top+bottom)/2;
+            if(arr[mid]==key)
+            {
+                return mid;
+            }
+            else if(arr[mid]<key)
+            {
+                top=mid+1;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                bottom=mid-1;
+            }
+          }
+         return -1;
+    }
+    protected void result()
+    {
+        int result=search();
+     if (result != -1) {
+            System.out.println(key + " found at index " + result);
+        } else {
+            System.out.println(key + " not found");
+        }
+    }
+}
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