Finding an element in a sorted array

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Input

  1. An array [math]\displaystyle{ A }[/math] of some component type [math]\displaystyle{ S }[/math]
  2. A definition of comparison on [math]\displaystyle{ S }[/math]

Prerequisite: The components of [math]\displaystyle{ A }[/math] are sorted in ascending order according to the comparison.

  1. An element [math]\displaystyle{ s\in S }[/math]

Output

If [math]\displaystyle{ s }[/math] equals at least one of the components of [math]\displaystyle{ A }[/math], the index of one of the occurrences is returned; otherwise, the information is returned that [math]\displaystyle{ s }[/math] is not in [math]\displaystyle{ A }[/math].