hello-algo/en/codes/javascript/chapter_searching/linear_search.js

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/**
* File: linear_search.js
* Created Time: 2022-12-22
* Author: JoseHung (szhong@link.cuhk.edu.hk)
*/
const { ListNode, arrToLinkedList } = require('../modules/ListNode');
/* Linear search (array) */
function linearSearchArray(nums, target) {
// Traverse array
for (let i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
// 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)*/
function linearSearchLinkedList(head, target) {
// Traverse the list
while (head) {
// 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 */
const target = 3;
/* Perform linear search in array */
const nums = [1, 5, 3, 2, 4, 7, 5, 9, 10, 8];
const index = linearSearchArray(nums, target);
console.log('The index of target element 3 is' + index);
/* Perform linear search in linked list */
const head = arrToLinkedList(nums);
const node = linearSearchLinkedList(head, target);
console.log('The corresponding node object for target node value 3 is', node);