Search through a list of values, looking for either:<\/p>\n
A result of -1 is used to indicate “not found”.<\/p>\n
found = -1\nfor each item in list\n if item = target value then\n found = index value\n end if\nnext item<\/pre>\nFind if a value is in a list<\/h1>\n
\r\n#\r\ntarget = "fred"\r\n \r\nfound = False\r\nfor name in names: \r\n if name == target: \r\n found = True\r\n break # can stop searching\r\n \r\nif found: \r\n print(f"{target} was found"}\r\nelse: \r\n print(f"{target} was not found"}\r\n# <\/pre>\nFind location of a value in a list<\/h1>\n
\r\n#\r\ntarget = "fred"\r\n \r\nfound = -1\r\nfor name in range(20):\r\n if names[name] == target:\r\n found = name\r\n break # can stop searching\r\n \r\nif found == -1:\r\n print(f"{target} was not in list"}\r\nelse:\r\n print(f"{names[found]} had a mark of {mark[found]}")\r\n#\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Search through a list of values, looking for either: if a target value is in the list the location (index) of a target value in the list General Algorithm A result of -1 is used to indicate “not found”. found = -1 for each item in list if item = target value then found = index value end if next item Find if a value is in a list #<\/p>\n