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Weighted Prefix Search

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Weighted Prefix Search

Weighted Prefix Search is a DSA topic. In plain words you use it for find roll 12 in a sorted list. Don’t start with a slogan — start with that picture.

Smallest example: linear vs binary. Type it, run it, and say what you see. If you can do that from memory, you know Weighted Prefix Search.

From the example next to this theory — Weighted Prefix Search: dry-run [4, 1, 3].

Trap — binary search on unsorted data. Fix that before you talk about advanced DSA.

Viva — what is Weighted Prefix Search? Then show linear vs binary. Then name the trap.

Exam tip

What is Weighted Prefix Search? Show this: linear vs binary. Trap: binary search on unsorted data.

Example

# Weighted Prefix Search
data = [4, 1, 3]
print("start", data)
if data[0] > data[1]:
    data[0], data[1] = data[1], data[0]
print("after one step", data)

Weighted Prefix Search: dry-run [4, 1, 3]. Say the list after one step.

Short notes

  • DefWeighted Prefix Search — find roll 12 in a sorted list.
  • Rulelinear vs binary
  • Trapbinary search on unsorted data
  • Usea sorted list

Questions

1

What is Weighted Prefix Search?

2

Give one small example of Weighted Prefix Search.

3

What mistake do beginners make with Weighted Prefix Search?

4

Where do you use Weighted Prefix Search?

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