Change the dir structure slightly

source_code/builtin_structures/search_entry_matrix.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+__author__ = "bt3"
+
+
+''' Search an Entry in a Matrix where the Rows and columns are Sorted
+        In this 2D matrix, every row is increasingly sorted from left to right,
+        and every column is increasingly sorted from top to bottom.
+        The runtime is O(m+n).
+'''
+
+def find_elem_matrix_bool(m1, value):
+
+    found = False
+    row = 0
+    col = len(m1[0]) - 1
+
+    while row < len(m1) and col >= 0:
+
+        if m1[row][col] == value:
+            found = True
+            break
+        elif m1[row][col] > value:
+            col-=1
+        else:
+            row+=1
+
+    return found
+
+
+
+def test_find_elem_matrix_bool(module_name='this module'):
+    m1 = [[1,2,8,9], [2,4,9,12], [4,7,10,13], [6,8,11,15]]
+    assert(find_elem_matrix_bool(m1,8) == True)
+    assert(find_elem_matrix_bool(m1,3) == False)
+    m2 = [[0]]
+    assert(find_elem_matrix_bool(m2,0) == True)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test_find_elem_matrix_bool()
+