Binary Search in Sorted Array

Code

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>

int binary_search(uint8_t *arr, uint8_t n, uint8_t key) {
    int i =0;
    int start=0;
    int stop=n;
    int mid=(n/2);
    while(1)
    {
       // printf("Mid: %d arr :%d\n",mid,arr[mid]);
        if(arr[mid]>key && mid!=0) //200>250 
        {
           stop=mid;
           mid=stop/2;
        }
        else if(arr[mid]<key && mid!=n-1)//200<250
        {
            start=mid;
            mid=mid+(stop-start)/2;
        }
        else if(arr[mid]==key) //20==20
        {
          
            return mid;
        }
        else
        {
           // 
            return -1;
        }
        
        i++;
    }
    return -1;
}

int main() {
    uint8_t n, key;
    scanf("%hhu", &n);
    uint8_t arr[100];

    for (uint8_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        scanf("%hhu", &arr[i]);
    }
    scanf("%hhu", &key);

    int index = binary_search(arr, n, key);
    printf("%d", index);
    return 0;
}

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Input

6 5 10 15 20 25 30 20

Expected Output

3