What is the time complexity of the following code used to search an element in an array?
#include<stdio.h>
int search_num(int *arr, int num, int len)
{
int i;
for(i = 0; i < len; i++)
if(arr[i] == num)
return i;
return -1;
}
int main()
{
int arr[5] ={1,3,3,3,5},num=3,len = 5;
int indx = search_num(arr,num,len);
printf("Index of %d is %d",num,indx);
return 0;
}
#include<stdio.h>
int search_num(int *arr, int num, int len)
{
int i;
for(i = 0; i < len; i++)
if(arr[i] == num)
return i;
return -1;
}
int main()
{
int arr[5] ={1,3,3,3,5},num=3,len = 5;
int indx = search_num(arr,num,len);
printf("Index of %d is %d",num,indx);
return 0;
}A. O(1)
B. O(n)
C. O(n2)
D. O(n3)
Answer: Option B

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