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+//  recursive Binary Search Java
+class BinarySearch {
+    int binarySearch(int arr[], int l, int r, int x)
+    {
+        if (r >= l) {
+            int mid = l + (r - l) / 2;
+            if (arr[mid] == x)
+                return mid;
+            if (arr[mid] > x)
+                return binarySearch(arr, l, mid - 1, x);
+            return binarySearch(arr, mid + 1, r, x);
+        }
+ 
+        // when element is not present in array
+        return -1;
+    }
+ 
+    // Driver Code
+    public static void main(String args[])
+    {
+        BinarySearch ob = new BinarySearch();
+        int arr[] = { 2, 3, 4, 10, 40 };
+        int n = arr.length;
+        int x = 10;
+        int result = ob.binarySearch(arr, 0, n - 1, x);
+        if (result == -1)
+            System.out.println("Element not present");
+        else
+            System.out.println("Element found at index "
+                               + result);
+    }
+}