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Is my reasoning to determine this algorithm's Big-O correct?

Take the following algorithm with two separate sections, and the sections do not influence each other whatsoever (the function is not recursive, as well). void algorithm(int x) { // This section ...
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Effecient algorithm for data deduplication in procedural code

I have written a data cleansing application which, for the most part, works well. It is not designed to handle large volumes of data: nothing more than about half a million rows. So early on in the ...
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How to approach program design with respect to data strucutres and algorimths - is there an equivelant of the OO design process for d.s.'s + algs? [closed]

My applogies for probably the worst written body of text I have produced in my life and many thanks to those willing to plough through it all. I was (and still am) not able to clearly express what I ...
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Why is binary search,which needs sorted data, considered better than linear search?

I have always heard that linear search is a naive approach and binary search is better than it in performance due to better asymptotic complexity. But I never understood why is it better than linear ...
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