""" 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 array for i in range(len(nums)): if nums[i] == target: # Found the target element, thus return its index return i return -1 # Did not find the target element, thus return -1 def linear_search_linkedlist(head: ListNode, target: int) -> ListNode | None: """Linear search (linked list)""" # Traverse the list while head: if head.val == target: # Found the target node, return it return head head = head.next return None # Did not find the target node, thus return None """Driver Code""" if __name__ == "__main__": target = 3 # Perform linear search in 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 in linked list head: ListNode = list_to_linked_list(nums) node: ListNode | None = linear_search_linkedlist(head, target) print("Target node value 3's corresponding node object is", node)