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Given a sorted list of numbers, write a function named binary_search to search for a given key. If found, your function must return the respective index of search item. If not found, it must return -1. In the case of duplicates, you are not restricted to return the index of the first occurrence. However, you are highly encouraged to return the index of the first occurrence. For example for the list, [8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 30], your function must return 7 for search key 22, 0 for the search key 8 and -1 for search key 13. Use your function to search for 26 in above list in your main program. Given a sorted list of numbers, write a function named binary_search to search for a given key. If found, your function must return the respective index of search item. If not found, it must return -1. In the case of duplicates, you are not restricted to return the index of the first occurrence. However, you are highly encouraged to return the index of the first occurrence. For example for the list, [8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 30], your function must return 7 for search key 22, 0 for the search key 8 and -1 for search key 13. Use your function to search for 26 in above list in your main program.

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