COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
DATA STRUCTURES
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Question
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It is very quick
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It only works with ordered lists
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It is a simple algorithm
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -With today’s powerful computers, small to medium arrays can be searched relatively quickly. The list does not need to sorted. Unlike a binary search, linear searching does not require an ordered list. Not affected by insertions and deletions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Linear search is easy to implement and understand than other searching techniques.
Detailed explanation-3: -A linear search is the simplest approach employed to search for an element in a data set. It examines each element until it finds a match, starting at the beginning of the data set, until the end. The search is finished and terminated once the target element is located.
Detailed explanation-4: -Linear search is a very simple search algorithm. In this type of search, a sequential search is made over all items one by one. Every item is checked and if a match is found then that particular item is returned, otherwise the search continues till the end of the data collection.