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##### binary_search

###### Prototype

    template<class ForwardRange, class Value>
    bool binary_search(const ForwardRange& rng, const Value& val);

    template<class ForwardRange, class Value, class BinaryPredicate>
    bool binary_search(const ForwardRange& rng, const Value& val, BinaryPredicate pred);

###### Description

`binary_search` returns `true` if and only if the value `val` exists in the range `rng`.

###### Definition

Defined in the header file `boost/range/algorithm/binary_search.hpp`

###### Requirements

For the non-predicate versions of binary_search:

- `ForwardRange` is a model of the Forward Range Concept.
- `Value` is a model of the `LessThanComparableConcept`.
- The ordering of objects of type `Value` is a strict weak ordering, as defined in the `LessThanComparableConcept` requirements.
- `ForwardRange`'s value type is the same type as `Value`.

For the predicate versions of binary_search:

- `ForwardRange` is a model of the Forward Range Concept.
- `BinaryPredicate` is a model of the `StrictWeakOrderingConcept`.
- `ForwardRange`'s value type is the same type as `Value`.
- `ForwardRange`'s value type is convertible to `BinaryPredicate`'s argument type.

###### Precondition:

For the non-predicate version:

`rng` is ordered in ascending order according to `operator<`.

For the predicate version:

`rng` is ordered in ascending order according to the function object `pred`.

###### Complexity

For non-random-access ranges, the complexity is `O(N)` where `N` is `distance(rng)`.

For random-access ranges, the complexity is `O(log N)` where `N` is `distance(rng)`.