C++ Program to conduct binary search for any alphabet [a-z] out of an array

C++ Program to conduct binary search  for any alphabet [a-z] out of an array

#include <ctype.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <iostream.h>
#define max 26
char array[max] = "\0";
void initialise()
{
    for(int i=0; i<max; i++)
    {
        array[i] = (char)(65+i);
    }
}

int binsearch(int low, int high, int &num)
{
    int mid = (high+low)/2;

    if( array[mid] == num )
    {
        return mid;
    }
    else if( low >= high )
    {
        return -1;
    }
    else if( num > array[mid] )
    {
        return binsearch(mid+1, high, num);
    }
    else if( num < array[mid] )
    {
        return binsearch(low, mid-1, num);
    }
    else return -2;
}

void main()
{
    char    alpha;
    int    number;
    int      result;

    clrscr();
    initialise();

    cout << "Enter the alphabet to search [lower case]: ";
    cin  >> alpha;

    number = (int)toupper(alpha);

    result = binsearch(0, max, number);

    if( result >= 0 )
    {
        cout << "Found at index # : " << result+1;
    }
    else if( result == -1 )
    {
        cout << "Not Found";
    }
        else cout << "Unspecified Error";

        getch();
}

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