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Fix binary search to return first occurrence when duplicates exist#14348

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@04cb 04cb commented Mar 8, 2026

Fixes #13840. The binary_search and binary_search_by_recursion functions now return the index of the first matching element when duplicates exist, instead of returning an arbitrary occurrence.

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Incorrect output for Binary Search when list contains duplicates

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