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For a given list of values in ascending order, write a method in Python to search for a value with the help of Binary Search method. The method should return position of the value and should return -1 if the value not present in the list.

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def Binary Search (list, search):

lower_bound=0

upper_bond=len(list) -1

found=false

pos=’x’

while lower_bound< =upper_bond:

middle_pos=(lower_bound + upper_bond)/2

if list [middle_pos] = = search:

pos=middlepos found=True break

elif search < list [middle_pos]:

upper_bound=middle_pos-l else:

lower_bound=middle_pos + 1 if found:

print(“The item found”, pos) else:

print (“The item not available”)

return (-1)

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