From 0d9811189765d97d64cf3f2e3e84094d668b8d51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vivek Kumar Rathour <vivekkumarrathour2007@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:33:04 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update docstring to include empty array case

Added edge case handling for empty array in docstring.
---
 searches/double_linear_search.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/searches/double_linear_search.py b/searches/double_linear_search.py
index d9dad3c685b6..709f74b60da2 100644
--- a/searches/double_linear_search.py
+++ b/searches/double_linear_search.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ def double_linear_search(array: list[int], search_item: int) -> int:
     -1
     >>> double_linear_search([1, 5, 5, 10], 10)
     3
+        >>> double_linear_search([], 1)  # Empty array edge case
+            -1
     """
     # define the start and end index of the given array
     start_ind, end_ind = 0, len(array) - 1
@@ -35,3 +37,4 @@ def double_linear_search(array: list[int], search_item: int) -> int:
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print(double_linear_search(list(range(100)), 40))
+

From a423fa6b70a7e19ede13349a13e6f99ec798f5c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:05:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks

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 searches/double_linear_search.py | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/searches/double_linear_search.py b/searches/double_linear_search.py
index 709f74b60da2..8a7e4d3039e6 100644
--- a/searches/double_linear_search.py
+++ b/searches/double_linear_search.py
@@ -37,4 +37,3 @@ def double_linear_search(array: list[int], search_item: int) -> int:
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print(double_linear_search(list(range(100)), 40))
-