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Linear Search (finding maximum value)

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# Search list
test_scores = [88, 93, 75, 100, 80, 67, 71, 92, 90, 83]
 #Linear Search Algorithm
def linear_search(search_list):
  maximum_score_index = None
  for idx in range(len(search_list)):
    if not maximum_score_index or search_list[idx] > search_list[maximum_score_index]:
      maximum_score_index = idx
  return maximum_score_index
 # Function call
highest_score = linear_search(test_scores)
 #Prints out the highest score in the list
print(highest_score)

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