# 343 - Binary Search in C

[PragatiGHub]

📋 Pull Request Description

#343

What does this PR add?

• New algorithm implementation
• Data structure implementation
• New programming language support
• Language-specific README
• Bug fix
• Documentation improvement
• Test cases

Algorithm/Feature Details

• Name: Binary Search
• Language: C
• Category: Searching
• Difficulty Level: Easy (Beginner friendly)
• Algorithm Description: Binary search is an efficient algorithm used to find the position of a target value within a sorted array. It works by repeatedly dividing the search interval in half.
• Time Complexity:
  • Best Case: O(1)
  • Average Case: O(log n)
  • Worst Case: O(log n)
• Space Complexity: O(1)

Testing

• Code compiles without errors
• Tested with array elements present and absent
• Tested edge cases (empty array, single element, first/last element)
• Output verified against expected indices

Additional Notes

• Iterative implementation avoids recursion stack overhead.
• Works only on sorted arrays; behavior is undefined for unsorted arrays.
• Clear variable names and comments added for readability.

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🔍 Duplicate Detection Results

⚠️ Potential Duplicates Found

⚠️ Potential Duplicate: CPP/algorithms/searching/binary_search.cpp
Similar file(s) already exist:

• CPP/algorithms/searching/Seacrh/binary_search.cpp
• CPP/algorithms/searching/binary_search.cpp
• CPP/algorithms/sorting/Binary-Search.cpp

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🎉 Welcome to Hacktoberfest 2025, @PragatiGHub! 🎃

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✅ Passed - File naming and structure look good!

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✅ Passed - All code compiles successfully!

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