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hello-algo/en/codes/python/chapter_searching/linear_search.py
Yudong Jin 14c314c08c Retranslate the complete English edition from Simplified Chinese (#2010)
* Retranslate the complete English edition from Simplified Chinese

* Polish three English explanations after reader-focused review
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"""
File: linear_search.py
Created Time: 2022-11-26
Author: timi (xisunyy@163.com)
"""
import sys
from pathlib import Path
sys.path.append(str(Path(__file__).parent.parent))
from modules import ListNode, list_to_linked_list
def linear_search_array(nums: list[int], target: int) -> int:
"""Linear search (array)"""
# Traverse the array
for i in range(len(nums)):
if nums[i] == target: # The target element was found; return its index
return i
return -1 # The target element was not found; return -1
def linear_search_linkedlist(head: ListNode, target: int) -> ListNode | None:
"""Linear search (linked list)"""
# Traverse the linked list
while head:
if head.val == target: # The target node was found; return it
return head
head = head.next
return None # The target node was not found; return None
"""Driver code"""
if __name__ == "__main__":
target = 3
# Perform linear search on the array
nums = [1, 5, 3, 2, 4, 7, 5, 9, 10, 8]
index: int = linear_search_array(nums, target)
print("Index of target element 3 =", index)
# Perform linear search on the linked list
head: ListNode = list_to_linked_list(nums)
node: ListNode | None = linear_search_linkedlist(head, target)
print("The node object corresponding to target value 3 is", node)