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+def binaryfunc(arr, l, r, x):
+    while l<=r:
+        
+        #finding the mid values
+        mid = int(l+(r-l) / 2)
+
+        #print(mid)
+        #print(type(mid))
+        
+        #checking condition if mid value is equal to search value or not
+        if(arr[mid] == x):
+            return mid
+
+        #if not and value is greater than mid value ignore left part and increase its value 
+        elif arr[mid] < x:
+            l = mid+1
+
+
+        # if value less than mid value ignore right part and decrease right value by -1
+        else: 
+            r= mid-1
+       
+    return -1
+
+#declaring an array
+arr=[1,2,3,4,5]
+r=len(arr)-1
+x=2
+
+
+
+result = binaryfunc(arr,0, r, x)