Python List Search Function

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Problem

Write a function in Python which will search an element of a list.

Implement search_element(items, target) to return the zero-based index of the first occurrence of target in items. Return -1 if the target does not appear. The list may be empty and may contain duplicate values.

Examples:

items = [4, 9, 2, 7], target = 2 returns 2.
items = [5, 3, 5], target = 5 returns 0.

The function should accept a list and a single comparable target value, and return an integer.

Constraints

0 <= len(items) <= 10^5
Elements in items and target support equality comparison
Return the first matching index

Function Signature

def search_element(items, target):

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