19. Searching, Sorting and Big O

With sobs and tears he sorted out Those of the largest size ...

—Lewis Carroll

Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt; Nothing’s so hard, but search will find it out.

—Robert Herrick

’Tis in my memory lock’d, And you yourself shall keep the key of it.

—William Shakespeare

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises —but only performance is reality.

—Harold S. Green

Objectives

In this chapter you’ll:

Image Search for a given value in an array using linear search and binary search.

Sort arrays using the iterative selection and insertion sort algorithms. ...

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