// C++ program to implement recursive Binary Search #include using namespace std; // A recursive binary search function. It returns location of x in given array arr[l..r] is present,otherwise -1 int binarySearch(int arr[], int l, int r, int x) { if (r >= l) { int mid = l + (r - l) / 2; // If the element is present at the middle itself if (arr[mid] == x) return mid; // If element is smaller than mid, then it can only be present in left subarray if (arr[mid] > x) return binarySearch(arr, l, mid - 1, x); // Else the element can only be present in right subarray return binarySearch(arr, mid + 1, r, x); } // We reach here when element is not present in array return -1; } int main(void) { int arr[] = { 2, 3, 4, 10, 40 }; int x = 10; int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]); int result = binarySearch(arr, 0, n - 1, x); (result == -1) ? cout << "Element is not present in array" : cout << "Element is present at index " << result; return 0; }