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Last Occurrence of a Value

Implement a function that returns the last index of a given value in a list, or -1 if it's not present.

lists search indexing

+10 pts 15m

Python Basics easy

Linear Search Implementation

Implement a linear search function that returns the index of the first occurrence of a target in a list, or -1 if not found.

linear-search list index

+10 pts 15m

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Last Occurrence of a Value

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