Merge pull request #17 from seancyw/issue_7

Added linear search for element in array

Author: HarendraSingh22

Code/ArrayLinearSearch.py

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+#Linear search function in python
+#This function will look for an item in a list
+
+def linearSearch(item, listItem):
+    found = False
+    position = 0
+    while position < len(listItem) and not found:
+        if listItem[position] == item:
+            found = True
+        position = position + 1
+    return found
+    
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    shopping = ["apples", "bananas", "chocolate", "pasta"]
+    item = raw_input("What item do you want to find? ")
+    isFound = linearSearch(item, shopping)
+    if isFound:
+        print("Your item is in the list!")
+    else:
+        print("Your item is not in the list!")
+