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fix: handle null and empty array in LinearSearch (issue #7340) #7347

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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/LinearSearch.java
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Expand Up @@ -41,10 +41,13 @@ public class LinearSearch implements SearchAlgorithm {
*
* @param array List to be searched
* @param value Key being searched for
* @return Location of the key
* @return Location of the key, -1 if array is null or empty, or key not found
*/
@Override
public <T extends Comparable<T>> int find(T[] array, T value) {
if (array == null || array.length == 0) {
return -1;
}
for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
if (array[i].compareTo(value) == 0) {
return i;
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