Practice - Unsorted Sequence Search
Practice Questions
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What is a linear search?
💡 Hint: Think about how you would search for a specific book in a disorganized stack.
What is the time complexity of a linear search?
💡 Hint: Consider how many items you may check in the worst case.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What does O(n) represent?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens to the time taken as you increase items.
True or False: Linear search is faster than binary search.
💡 Hint: Think about how many comparisons each method requires.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a linear search algorithm to find a substring in a given string.
💡 Hint: Consider how each character could start a new check for the substring.
Create a binary search implementation in Python for a sorted list of integers.
💡 Hint: Remember to update your bounds based on whether the value is smaller or larger than the midpoint.
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