In the linear case, meaning in the unsorted case what's the complexity of this? k times n, right? Order n to do the search, and I've got to do it k times, so this would be k times n.

复杂度是多少？k的n次方，对吧？,在序列n中做搜索，要做k次，所以是k的n次方次,如果先排序后搜索。

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Meaning, sometimes you need to do this, but in general there's at least in my view and I don't, John you just don't want to do this.

意思也就是，有的时候你不得不这么做，但是通常来说,至少我认为不该这么做，你同意这么做么？--，John，，would，you，agree？—,你不该这么做。

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