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+// C++ program to search an element in row-wise
+// and column-wise sorted matrix
+#include <bits/stdc++.h>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+int search(int mat[4][4], int n, int x)
+{
+	if (n == 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	int smallest = mat[0][0], largest = mat[n - 1][n - 1];
+	if (x < smallest || x > largest)
+		return -1;
+
+	int i = 0, j = n - 1;
+	while (i < n && j >= 0)
+	{
+		if (mat[i][j] == x)
+		{
+			cout << "n Found at "
+				<< i << ", " << j;
+			return 1;
+		}
+		if (mat[i][j] > x)
+			j--;
+
+		else
+			i++;
+	}
+
+	cout << "n Element not found";
+	return 0;
+}
+
+// Driver code
+int main()
+{
+	int mat[4][4] = { { 10, 20, 30, 40 },
+					{ 15, 25, 35, 45 },
+					{ 27, 29, 37, 48 },
+					{ 32, 33, 39, 50 } };
+	search(mat, 4, 29);
+
+	return 0;
+}