Logic to search element in array
Input size and elements in array from user. ...
Input number to search from user in some variable say toSearch .
Define a flag variable as found = 0 . ...
Run loop from 0 to size . ...
Inside loop check if current array element is equal to searched number or not.
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Let's use integers as an example. int elementToFind; // the element we want to search for int[] elementArray; // the array we want to search through boolean found = false; //boolean flag to indicate if we found the element or not for(int i = 0; i < elementArray.length; ++i) { if(elementArray[i] == elementToFind) { // we found the element at index i // do whatever you want to do with this information found = true; } //if found is still false so it means this element is not found if(!found) { //the element is not found in the array } }
An array in C is structured so that it has no particular size; you have to know ahead of time what the dimensions are.So, a linear search means that you go from the first element to the last, either finding the element in the table, or going to the very last element and not finding it.Arrays in C can be zero-terminated, in which case you get the element that does not have a value, and that indicates the value you are searching for is not there.If the array is not zero terminated then you can calculate the dimension of the array, or apply the sizeof operator times the size of the first element to determine the length of the search.
What you're describing is called a sequential search or linear search.
As I know the search method depends on your(programmer's) logic. In sequential search it will be better to stop the search as soon as search value encounters or if search value is not in the array then it should stop at the end.
binary search system
To search, you would start with the first element of the array and compare it with the target value. If the first element matches the target, you found it. If not, you would move to the next element in the array and repeat the process until either you find the target or exhaust all elements in the array.
The best search algorithm to use for an unsorted array is linear search. It involves checking each element in the array one by one until the desired element is found. This algorithm has a time complexity of O(n), where n is the number of elements in the array.
In a binary search algorithm, typically log(n) comparisons are made when searching for a specific element in a sorted array, where n is the number of elements in the array.
In a binary search algorithm, typically log(n) comparisons are required to find a specific element in a sorted array, where n is the number of elements in the array.
Binary search is a search algorithm in computer science that efficiently finds the position of a specific element in a sorted array by repeatedly dividing the search interval in half. This method is used to quickly locate the desired element by comparing it to the middle element of the array and eliminating half of the remaining elements each time, until the target element is found or determined to be absent.
Let's use integers as an example. int elementToFind; // the element we want to search for int[] elementArray; // the array we want to search through boolean found = false; //boolean flag to indicate if we found the element or not for(int i = 0; i < elementArray.length; ++i) { if(elementArray[i] == elementToFind) { // we found the element at index i // do whatever you want to do with this information found = true; } //if found is still false so it means this element is not found if(!found) { //the element is not found in the array } }
The maximum number of comparisons required in a binary search algorithm to find a specific element in a sorted array is log(n), where n is the number of elements in the array.
An array in C is structured so that it has no particular size; you have to know ahead of time what the dimensions are.So, a linear search means that you go from the first element to the last, either finding the element in the table, or going to the very last element and not finding it.Arrays in C can be zero-terminated, in which case you get the element that does not have a value, and that indicates the value you are searching for is not there.If the array is not zero terminated then you can calculate the dimension of the array, or apply the sizeof operator times the size of the first element to determine the length of the search.
The time complexity of an algorithm that uses binary search to find an element in a sorted array in logn time is O(log n).
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The jump search algorithm improves search efficiency by jumping ahead in fixed steps to quickly narrow down the search range, making it faster than linear search. It then performs a linear search within the smaller range to find the specific element in a sorted array.
What you're describing is called a sequential search or linear search.