diff --git a/kotlin/binary-search/src/main/kotlin/BinarySearch.kt b/kotlin/binary-search/src/main/kotlin/BinarySearch.kt
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+class BinarySearch {
+    companion object {
+        fun search(inpList: List<Int>, searchElement: Int): Int {
+            require(inpList.sorted() == inpList)
+            var leftBound = 0
+            var rightBound = inpList.size - 1
+            while (leftBound <= rightBound){
+                val middle = Math.floor(((leftBound + rightBound)/2).toDouble()).toInt()
+                if (inpList[middle] < searchElement){
+                    leftBound = middle + 1
+                }
+                else if (inpList[middle] > searchElement){
+                    rightBound = middle - 1
+                }
+                else return middle
+            }
+            return -1
+        }
+    }
+}
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