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@Nours135 Nours135 commented Nov 2, 2025

  • Update searches/binary_search.py. Always move left to locate the first occurrence of duplicate items when found a match.
  • Update doctests to cover duplicate items.
  • In binary_search_by_recursion, verify sorted_collection only once to reduce runtime.

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* Update searches/binary_search.py. Always move left to locate the first occurrence of duplicate items when found a match.
* Update doctests to cover duplicate items.
* In `binary_search_by_recursion`, verify `sorted_collection` only once to reduce runtime.
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