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vinayak edited this page May 3, 2020
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Linear
From Wikipedia: linear search or sequential search is a method for finding a target value within a list. It sequentially checks each element of the list for the target value until a match is found or until all the elements have been searched.
The linear search runs in at the worst linear time and makes at most n comparisons, where n is the length of the list.
Properties
Worst case performance O(n)
Best case performance O(1)
Average case performance O(n)
Worst case space complexity O(1) iterative
Binary
From Wikipedia: Binary search, also known as half-interval search or logarithmic search, is a search algorithm that finds the position of a target value within a sorted array. It compares the target value to the middle element of the array; if they are unequal, the half in which the target cannot lie is eliminated and the search continues on the remaining half until it is successful.
Properties
Worst case performance O(log n)
Best case performance O(1)
Average case performance O(log n)
Worst case space complexity O(1)
Jump
From Wikipedia: Jump search or block search refers to a search algorithm for ordered lists. It works by first checking all items Lkm, where {\displaystyle k\in \mathbb {N} } k\in \mathbb {N} and m is the block size, until an item is found that is larger than the search key. To find the exact position of the search key in the list a linear search is performed on the sublist L[(k-1)m, km].