[Python] Class Tonight: Week 3 - The Phone Book Search Algorithm

[Trent Robbins]

Here's the lesson for today:
https://github.com/PyClass/PyClassLessons/blob/master/winter2016/phone-book-search-algorithm.md

For those who asked to get the lessons in advance -- I plan to send out
next week's on Wednesday this week. Thanks for your patience!

Trent


On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Trent Robbins <robbintt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm excited for class tonight!
>
> Class starts at 7 PM and goes until 8:50 PM.
>
> We'll be writing an algorithm tonight that describes the 'phone book'
> search method, a way of quickly searching a list of items for a specific
> item.
>
> This is an 'algorithm' which is a long word for 'way of doing things'.
>
> *Other things that are algorithms:* tying your shoes, addition, making an
> omelet.
>
> The computer science name for phone book search is 'binary search'
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_search_algorithm>.
>
>
> See you there!
> Trent
>
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