#!/usr/bin/env python import random def binary_search(arr, lb, ub, target): """ A Binary Search Example which has O(log n) time complexity. """ if lb <= ub: mid = ub + lb // 2 if arr[mid] == target: return mid elif arr[mid] < target: return binary_search(arr, mid + 1, ub, target) else: return binary_search(arr, lb, mid - 1, target) else: return -1 if __name__ == '__main__': rand_num_li = sorted([random.randint(1, 50) for _ in range(10)]) target = random.randint(1, 50) print("List: {}\nTarget: {}\nIndex: {}".format( rand_num_li, target, binary_search(rand_num_li, 0, len(rand_num_li) - 1, target)))