In the text editor, you will find the code for the linear_search()
function that we implemented in Python.
When called, our function returns either an index of an element that matches the target value or a ValueError
express that the value was not found.
The text editor includes the code for the linear_search()
function, a list of numbers called number_list
and a variable called target_number
, which stores target value that we will be searching for in number_list
.
Let’s practice calling linear_search()
and explore the return values for different calls to the function.
Instructions
We’re searching for 33
.
Call linear_search()
to find whether the target_number
is in number_list
and set this to the variable result
.
Print result
.
We won’t always find what we’re looking for.
Within the try
block provided, search for 100
to see what happens when a value is not found in the list.