Search in an array with Binary search using JavaScript

Problem

We are required to write a JavaScript function that takes in a sorted array of numbers (increasing order), arr, as the first argument, and a target number as the second argument. Our function should search target in array arr using the binary search algorithm since the array is sorted.

If the target exists, then we should return its index, otherwise we should return -1.

For example, if the input to the function is

Input

const arr = [3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 21, 24, 25, 28];
const target = 13;

Output

const output = 5;

Example

Following is the code −

const arr = [3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 21, 24, 25, 28];
const target = 13;
const binarySearch = (arr = [], target) => {
   const helper = (low, high) => {
      if (low > high) {
         return -1
      }
      const middle = Math.floor((low + high) / 2)
      if (arr[middle] === target) {
         return middle
      } if (arr[middle] < target) {
         return helper(middle + 1, high)
      }
      return helper(low, middle - 1)
   }
   return helper(0, arr.length - 1)
};
console.log(binarySearch(arr, target));