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Hands-On Data Structures and Algorithms with Python

You're reading from   Hands-On Data Structures and Algorithms with Python Write complex and powerful code using the latest features of Python 3.7

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788995573
Length 398 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Benjamin Baka Benjamin Baka
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Dr. Basant Agarwal Dr. Basant Agarwal
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Preface 1. Python Objects, Types, and Expressions 2. Python Data Types and Structures FREE CHAPTER 3. Principles of Algorithm Design 4. Lists and Pointer Structures 5. Stacks and Queues 6. Trees 7. Hashing and Symbol Tables 8. Graphs and Other Algorithms 9. Searching 10. Sorting 11. Selection Algorithms 12. String Algorithms and Techniques 13. Design Techniques and Strategies 14. Implementations, Applications, and Tools 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Interpolation search

The interpolation searching algorithm is an improved version of the binary search algorithm. It performs very efficiently when there are uniformly distributed elements in the sorted list. In a binary search, we always start searching from the middle of the list, whereas in the interpolation search we determine the starting position depending on the item to be searched. In the interpolation search algorithm, the starting search position is most likely to be the closest to the start or end of the list depending on the search item. If the search item is near to the first element in the list, then the starting search position is likely to be near the start of the list.

The interpolation search is another variant of the binary search algorithm that is quite similar to how humans perform the search on any list of items. It is based on trying to make a good guess...

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