/** * File: linear_search.cpp * Created Time: 2022-11-25 * Author: krahets (krahets@163.com) */ #include "../utils/common.hpp" /* Linear search (array) */ int linearSearchArray(vector &nums, int target) { // Traverse array for (int i = 0; i < nums.size(); i++) { // Found the target element, thus return its index if (nums[i] == target) return i; } // Did not find the target element, thus return -1 return -1; } /* Linear search (linked list) */ ListNode *linearSearchLinkedList(ListNode *head, int target) { // Traverse the list while (head != nullptr) { // Found the target node, return it if (head->val == target) return head; head = head->next; } // If the target node is not found, return nullptr return nullptr; } /* Driver Code */ int main() { int target = 3; /* Perform linear search in array */ vector nums = {1, 5, 3, 2, 4, 7, 5, 9, 10, 8}; int index = linearSearchArray(nums, target); cout << "The index of target element 3 is " << index << endl; /* Perform linear search in linked list */ ListNode *head = vecToLinkedList(nums); ListNode *node = linearSearchLinkedList(head, target); cout << "The corresponding node object for target node value 3 is " << node << endl; return 0; }