Merge pull request #4 from Nitin-Pilkhwal/feature/add-sequential-search-algorithm

Create sequentialsearch.py

Author: Shikha-code36

competitivepython/searches/sequentialsearch.py

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+import logging
+
+def index_sequential_search(arr, value, jump):
+ try:
+ n = len(arr)
+ i = 0
+ while i < n:
+ if arr[i] == value:
+ return i
+ i += jump
+ if i >= n or arr[i] > value:
+ break
+ for j in range(max(0, i-jump+1), min(n, i+1)):
+ if arr[j] == value:
+ return j
+ return -1
+ except Exception as e:
+ logging.exception("An error occurred during index sequential search: %s", e)
+ return "An error occurred during index sequential search: {}".format(str(e))