Merge pull request #26 from dshah2012/master

Searching Algorithm for Reference

Author: darpanjbora

Searching/LinearSearch.java

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+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+public class LinearSearch   
+{  
+
+public static int search(int elements[], int element_to_find) 
+{ 
+    for(int i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) 
+    { 
+        if(elements[i] == element_to_find) 
+            return i; 
+    } 
+    return -1; 
+} 
+  
+public static void main(String args[]) 
+{ 
+    Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
+     
+    System.out.println("Enter the number of Elements you want");
+	int number_of_elements = sc.nextInt();
+	int elements []= new int[number_of_elements];
+	
+	System.out.println("Enter the Element to find");
+	int finding_element = sc.nextInt();
+	System.out.println("Enter elements in Array");
+	for (int i = 0; i < number_of_elements; i++) {
+		elements[i]= sc.nextInt();
+	}
+	
+    int result = search(elements, finding_element); 
+    if(result == -1) 
+        System.out.print("Element is not present in array"); 
+    else
+        System.out.print("Element "+ finding_element + " is present"); 
+    
+    sc.close();
+} 
+}