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Chapter 8: Problem 14
T \(F \quad\) If data are sorted in ascending order, it means they are ordered from lowest value to highest value.
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In an average case involving an array of \(\mathrm{N}\) elements, how many times will a linear search function have to read the array to locate a specific value?
The ________ search algorithm requires that the array's contents be sorted.
Complete the following table calculating the average and maximum number of comparisons the linear search will perform, and the maximum number of comparisons the binary search will perform. $$\begin{array}{l|lllll} \hline & 50 & 500 & 10,000 & 100,000 & 10,000,000 \\ \text { Array Size } \rightarrow & \text { Elements } & \text { Elements } & \text { Elements } & \text { Elements } & \text { Elements } \\ \hline \text { Linear Search } & & & & & \\ \begin{array}{l} \text { (Average } \\ \text { Comparisons) } \end{array} & & & & & \\ \hline \text { Linear Search } & & & & & \\ \text { (Maximum } & & & & \\ \text { Comparisons) } & & & & & \\ \hline \text { Binary Search } & & & & & \\ \text { (Maximum } & & & & \\ \text { Comparisons) } & & & & & \\ \hline \end{array}$$
If a linear search function is searching for a value that is stored in the last element of a 10,000 -element array, how many elements will the search code have to read to locate the value?
Why is the linear search also called "sequential search"?
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