J.P. Morgan Interview Question

Which is more efficient for searching, linked list or array?

Interview Answers

Anonymous

Aug 23, 2015

I said array, because we can jump directly to a particular index.

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Anonymous

Sep 12, 2016

if array is sorted then using binary search, it will take O(log n) time. I think arrays can perform better in sorted case. If unsorted linked list and array will do it in O(n) time.

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Anonymous

Nov 14, 2017

array - cache friendly

Anonymous

Apr 28, 2016

Searching in array and linked list is both O(n) because you need to go thought each element or node to find the data your looking for.

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