package Searches; import java.util.Random; import java.util.stream.Stream; /** * Linear search is the easiest search algorithm It works with sorted and unsorted arrays (an binary * search works only with sorted array) This algorithm just compares all elements of an array to * find a value * *

Worst-case performance O(n) Best-case performance O(1) Average performance O(n) Worst-case * space complexity * * @author Varun Upadhyay (https://github.com/varunu28) * @author Podshivalov Nikita (https://github.com/nikitap492) * @see BinarySearch * @see SearchAlgorithm */ public class LinearSearch implements SearchAlgorithm { /** * Generic Linear search method * * @param array List to be searched * @param value Key being searched for * @return Location of the key */ @Override public > int find(T[] array, T value) { for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) { if (array[i].compareTo(value) == 0) { return i; } } return -1; } public static void main(String[] args) { // just generate data Random r = new Random(); int size = 200; int maxElement = 100; Integer[] integers = Stream.generate(() -> r.nextInt(maxElement)).limit(size).toArray(Integer[]::new); // the element that should be found Integer shouldBeFound = integers[r.nextInt(size - 1)]; LinearSearch search = new LinearSearch(); int atIndex = search.find(integers, shouldBeFound); System.out.println( String.format( "Should be found: %d. Found %d at index %d. An array length %d", shouldBeFound, integers[atIndex], atIndex, size)); } }