/** * File: linear_search.kt * Created Time: 2024-01-25 * Author: curtishd (1023632660@qq.com) */ package chapter_searching import utils.ListNode /* Linear search (array) */ fun linearSearchArray(nums: IntArray, target: Int): Int { // Traverse array for (i in nums.indices) { // 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) */ fun linearSearchLinkedList(h: ListNode?, target: Int): ListNode? { // Traverse the list var head = h 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 } /* Driver Code */ fun main() { val target = 3 /* Perform linear search in array */ val nums = intArrayOf(1, 5, 3, 2, 4, 7, 5, 9, 10, 8) val index = linearSearchArray(nums, target) println("Index of target element 3 = $index") /* Perform linear search in linked list */ val head = ListNode.arrToLinkedList(nums) val node = linearSearchLinkedList(head, target) println("Corresponding node object for target node value 3 = $node") }