One of the advantages of linear search is that it does not require its data to be sorted.

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Most other search techniques require that their data is sorted in order to achieve greater efficiency (speed). But, linear search makes no such requirement. The result is that linear search may be slower than one might desire, but it always works, and one never needs to pay the (expensive) price of sorting the data before searching it.

One of the Advantages of Linear Search Is That It