#include int n,m; //size of the matrix // This function does Binary search for x in i-th row from j_low to j_high. void binarySearch(int mat[n][m], int i, int j_low,int j_high, int x) { while (j_low <= j_high) { int j_mid = (j_low + j_high) / 2; // Element found if (mat[i][j_mid] == x){ printf("Found at (%d,%d)\n",i,j_mid); return ; } else if (mat[i][j_mid] > x) j_high = j_mid - 1; else j_low = j_mid + 1; } // element not found printf("element not found\n"); } // Function to perform binary search on the mid values of row to get the desired pair of rows // where the element can be found void modifiedBinarySearch(int mat[n][m], int n, int m, int x) { // If Single row matrix if (n == 1){ binarySearch(mat, 0, 0, m-1, x); return; } // Do binary search in middle column. // Condition to terminate the loop when the 2 desired rows are found. int i_low = 0, i_high = n-1, j_mid = m/2; while ((i_low+1) < i_high) { int i_mid = (i_low + i_high) / 2; // element found if (mat[i_mid][j_mid] == x){ printf("Found at (%d,%d)\n",i_mid,j_mid); return; } else if (mat[i_mid][j_mid] > x) i_high = i_mid; else i_low = i_mid; } // If element is present on the mid of the two rows if (mat[i_low][j_mid] == x) printf("Found at (%d,%d)\n",i_low,j_mid); else if (mat[i_low+1][j_mid] == x) printf("Found at (%d,%d)\n",i_low+1,j_mid); // Search element on 1st half of 1st row else if (x <= mat[i_low][j_mid-1]) binarySearch(mat, i_low, 0, j_mid-1, x); // Search element on 2nd half of 1st row else if (x >= mat[i_low][j_mid+1] && x <= mat[i_low][m-1]) binarySearch(mat, i_low, j_mid+1, m-1, x); // Search element on 1st half of 2nd row else if (x <= mat[i_low+1][j_mid-1]) binarySearch(mat, i_low+1, 0, j_mid-1, x); // search element on 2nd half of 2nd row else binarySearch(mat, i_low+1, j_mid+1, m-1, x); } int main() { int x; //element to be searched scanf("%d %d %d\n",&n,&m,&x); int mat[n][m]; for(int i=0; i