def binary_search(lis, key): low = 0 high = len(lis) - 1 time = 0 while low < high: time += 1 mid = int((low + high) / 2) if key < lis[mid]: high = mid - 1 elif key > lis[mid]: low = mid + 1 else: # print("times: %s" % time) return mid print("times: %s" % time) return False LIST = [1, 5, 7, 8, 22, 54, 99, 123, 200, 222, 444] result = binary_search(LIST, 99) print(result)