diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
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index 0000000..26d3352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Default ignored files
+/shelf/
+/workspace.xml
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15cec4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_16" default="true" project-jdk-name="16" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+    <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
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index 0000000..8872ad7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
+    <modules>
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/Java-Codes.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/Java-Codes.iml" />
+    </modules>
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/runConfigurations.xml b/.idea/runConfigurations.xml
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index 0000000..797acea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/runConfigurations.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="RunConfigurationProducerService">
+    <option name="ignoredProducers">
+      <set>
+        <option value="com.android.tools.idea.compose.preview.runconfiguration.ComposePreviewRunConfigurationProducer" />
+      </set>
+    </option>
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
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index 0000000..35eb1dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/BinarySearch.java b/BinarySearch.java
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index 0000000..d414a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BinarySearch.java
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+
+// This is the code for binary search
+
+public class BinarySearch {
+    static int binarySearch(int[] arr, int target){ // requires an array and a target
+
+        int start = 0;
+        int end = arr.length-1;
+
+        while (start <= end){
+            int mid = start + (end - start) / 2;
+
+            // if the middle element of the array is the target element it gets returned
+            if (arr[mid] == target) return mid;
+
+            // if the middle element is not the target element then the following code is executed
+            else if(arr[mid] > target) end = mid - 1;
+            else start = mid + 1;
+        }
+        // if the target element is not found it the array it returns 0
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Java-Codes.iml b/Java-Codes.iml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..deb07dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Java-Codes.iml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" isTestSource="false" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="16" jdkType="JavaSDK" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>
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