Question

Write a program to solve the selection problem. Let k = N/2. Draw a table showing the running time of your program for various values of N.

Answer 1

So here is the code in Python:

n = 0.00 #this is a float because there are some numbers that are decimals.

while n < 20: #n which is 0.00 and while it is lower than 20 if runs the code below
n = n + 1 #it will add 1 to n everything it runs the code.
k = n / 2 #it will divide whatever n is everytime by 2
print(str(n) + '/2: ') # it's printing the number it's on
print(k) # prints the answer for the n.

You can change n to add by any, make n any num instead of 0.00 and you can change the while condition from n < 20 to any other logical statement. If you want to get creative you can take 2 inputs for numbers and make one of them the starting number and other one is the ending number. Also make sure to make n a number lower than you starting point because if you set n as your starting point then it will skip it.