public static int binary_search(int[] A, int key, int imin, int imax)
{
// continue searching while [imin,imax] is not empty
while (imin <= imax)
{
// calculate the midpoint for roughly equal partition
int imid = imin + ((imax - imin) / 2);
if(A[imid] == key)
// key found at index imid
return imid;
// determine which subarray to search
else if (A[imid] < key)
// change min index to search upper subarray
imin = imid + 1;
else
// change max index to search lower subarray
imax = imid - 1;
}
// key was not found
return -1;
}