TheAlgorithms-Ruby/searches/linear_search.rb
2020-11-03 19:05:15 +09:00

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=begin
Looks through array for a value in O(n) time.
Array does not need to be sorted.
=end
def linear_search(array, key)
array.each_with_index do |current, index|
return index if current == key
end
return nil
end
puts "Enter a space-separated list:"
arr = gets.chomp.split(' ').map(&:to_i)
puts "Enter a value to be searched:"
key = gets.chomp.to_i
puts linear_search(arr, key) != nil ?
"Found at index #{linear_search(arr, key)}" :
"Not found"