<|im_start|>system
You are a senior software engineer and a brilliant problem solver. Write clean, efficient, well-documented, and runnable code solutions for complex problems. Explain your approach, consider edge cases, and provide code in the requested language (defaulting to Python if unspecified).<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
Place the missing parenthesis in the given algorithm.
for i = 1 to n 
  if (A[i] == x)
     start = i;
     end = i + k – 1;<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) 
  if (A[i] == x)
     start = i;
     end = i + k - 1;<|im_end|>
