Question

How to implement linear search on a list in Python

Answer 1

def linearsearch(lst, ln, n):
    for i in range(0, ln):
        if (lst[i] == n):
            return i
    return -1

lst = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 20, 30]

if (linearsearch(lst, len(lst), 8) == -1):
    print("Element not found")
else:
    print("Element found")


 
 
 
 
'''
run:
 
Element found
 
'''

 

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