Practice - Binary Search Algorithm Performance
Practice Questions
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What does a linear search do?
💡 Hint: Think about how you would search in a list of names.
What is required for a binary search to work?
💡 Hint: Consider the order of items when searching.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the best-case time complexity of binary search?
💡 Hint: What happens if we check the very first element?
True or False: Linear search is faster than binary search for large lists.
💡 Hint: Consider how many items need to be checked in each method.
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Challenge Problems
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Given an unsorted list, implement a linear search to find a target value. What are the limitations of your approach?
💡 Hint: Consider the size of the dataset when performing the search.
Design a binary search algorithm in Python. How does the choice of data structure affect its performance?
💡 Hint: Think about how direct access to indexes compares to traversing nodes.
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