/** * File: linear_search.java * Created Time: 2022-11-25 * Author: krahets (krahets@163.com) */ package chapter_searching; import utils.*; public class linear_search { /* Linear search (array) */ static int linearSearchArray(int[] nums, int target) { // Traverse array for (int i = 0; i < nums.length; 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) */ static ListNode linearSearchLinkedList(ListNode head, int target) { // Traverse the list while (head != null) { // Found the target node, return it if (head.val == target) return head; head = head.next; } // If the target node is not found, return null return null; } public static void main(String[] args) { int target = 3; /* Perform linear search in array */ int[] nums = { 1, 5, 3, 2, 4, 7, 5, 9, 10, 8 }; int index = linearSearchArray(nums, target); System.out.println("The index of target element 3 is " + index); /* Perform linear search in linked list */ ListNode head = ListNode.arrToLinkedList(nums); ListNode node = linearSearchLinkedList(head, target); System.out.println("The corresponding node object for target node value 3 is " + node); } }