Binary search is an exceptionally efficient algorithm designed to locate an element within a sorted list or array. In contrast to linear search, which examines each element sequentially, a binary ...

Twenty Questions is Too Many That’s why binary search is one of my favorite things. It’s a tool-slash-algorithm that I use multiple times per day, and it’s what underlies ADCs.

What’s fantastic about binary search is how little it demands of you. Unlike fancier optimization methods, you don’t need any derivatives.