This document is a student's assignment submission for a fundamentals of programming course. It discusses linear search, which sequentially checks each element of a list or array to find a target value. The process is described as iterating through each element, comparing it to the target, and either returning the index if a match is found or a value to indicate an unsuccessful search once the entire list is traversed. The document also provides syntax for a linear search function and placeholders for sample input and output code.
This document is a student's assignment submission for a fundamentals of programming course. It discusses linear search, which sequentially checks each element of a list or array to find a target value. The process is described as iterating through each element, comparing it to the target, and either returning the index if a match is found or a value to indicate an unsuccessful search once the entire list is traversed. The document also provides syntax for a linear search function and placeholders for sample input and output code.
This document is a student's assignment submission for a fundamentals of programming course. It discusses linear search, which sequentially checks each element of a list or array to find a target value. The process is described as iterating through each element, comparing it to the target, and either returning the index if a match is found or a value to indicate an unsuccessful search once the entire list is traversed. The document also provides syntax for a linear search function and placeholders for sample input and output code.
LINEAR SEARCH Linear search is a simple searching algorithm that sequentially checks each element of a given list or array to see if it matches a target value. It starts from the beginning of the list and compares each element one by one until either the target value is found or the entire list has been traversed. If the target value is found, the search is considered successful, otherwise, it is considered unsuccessful.
PROCESS OF LINEAR SEARCH
The process of linear search can be summarized as follows: 1. Iterate through each element in the list/array. 2. Compare the current element with the target value. 3. If the current element matches the target value, return the index of the element. 4. If the entire list has been traversed and the target value is not found, return a value to indicate the search was unsuccessful.