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Sequential search of an object with in an array of objects is called as linear search.

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What is linear searching?

The linear search algorithm is a special case of the brute force search.


What are advantage of linear searching?

There no advantages to linear search other than searching for the first (or last) nodes. Linear search takes linear time with an average O(n/2) for each search.


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Complexity of linear search?

the compexity of linear search in worst case is f(n) = n+1


Why linear search is called sequential search?

A linear search is called a sequential search because a sequential search takes linear time and therefore has a worst-case time-complexity of O(n) for a data sequence of n elements. Although there are more efficient search algorithms than linear search, not all data containers are ideally suited to them. For example, although a binary search can be performed in quadratic time (O(log n)) when the data container is in sorted order, we can only achieve maximum efficiency when the data container also supports constant-time random-access. Arrays and vectors do support constant-time random-access, but if the container is not sorted then we must resort to the less-efficient linear search. Linked lists do not support constant-time random-access thus a linear search would be more efficient even if the list were in sorted order.


What is a non-example of linear?

It is possible to give an example of non-linear, but I have no idea what a non-example is. Is a non-example of linear a curve. That would be my first thought but not sure


What is search algorithm?

The linear search algorithm is a special case of the brute force search.


What are the various applications of linear search in real time?

Linear search is necessary when we must search unordered sets. Linear search times across huge sets can be improved significantly by dividing the set amongst two or more threads that can execute on independent CPU cores.


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What are advantages and disadvantages of linear search?

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