// Java implementation of recursive Binary Search class BinarySearch { // Returns index of x if it is present in arr[l.. // r], else return -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; } // Driver method to test above public static void main(String args[]) { BinarySearch ob = new BinarySearch(); int arr[] = {2,3,4,10,40}; int n = arr.length; int x = 10; int result = ob.binarySearch(arr,0,n-1,x); if (result == -1) System.out.println("Element not present"); else System.out.println("Element found at index " + result); } } /* This code is contributed by Rajat Mishra */