Let's take a look at one binary search example to better understand its working. Consider a sorted array: [2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14], and our objective is to locate the number 10.

But binary search isn’t just useful inside silicon. Why Can’t I Beat It? That example of cropping photographs above was no joke. I follow that exact procedure multiple times per day.

Those of you out there who slept through calculus class probably already have drooping eyelids, so I’ll give you a real-world binary search example.