""" Pure Python implementation of the jump search algorithm. This algorithm iterates through a sorted collection with a step of n^(1/2), until the element compared is bigger than the one searched. It will then perform a linear search until it matches the wanted number. If not found, it returns -1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_search """ import math from collections.abc import Sequence from typing import Any, Protocol, TypeVar class Comparable(Protocol): def __lt__(self, other: Any, /) -> bool: ... T = TypeVar("T", bound=Comparable) def jump_search(arr: Sequence[T], item: T) -> int: """ Python implementation of the jump search algorithm. Return the index if the `item` is found, otherwise return -1. Examples: >>> jump_search([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 3) 3 >>> jump_search([-5, -2, -1], -1) 2 >>> jump_search([0, 5, 10, 20], 8) -1 >>> jump_search([0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610], 55) 10 >>> jump_search(["aa", "bb", "cc", "dd", "ee", "ff"], "ee") 4 """ arr_size = len(arr) block_size = int(math.sqrt(arr_size)) prev = 0 step = block_size while arr[min(step, arr_size) - 1] < item: prev = step step += block_size if prev >= arr_size: return -1 while arr[prev] < item: prev += 1 if prev == min(step, arr_size): return -1 if arr[prev] == item: return prev return -1 if __name__ == "__main__": user_input = input("Enter numbers separated by a comma:\n").strip() array = [int(item) for item in user_input.split(",")] x = int(input("Enter the number to be searched:\n")) res = jump_search(array, x) if res == -1: print("Number not found!") else: print(f"Number {x} is at index {res}")