Question

Search for an element input by the user in a given (array for Java/ List for Python) using Linear search.

Enter size of list:5
Enter element in List:
1:10
2:20
3:30
4:40
5:50
Elements in given list:
[10, 20, 30, 40, 50]
Enter Element to be searched:30
Element is available at index: 3

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Python

Java

import java.util.Scanner;
public class linearSearchInGivenArray
{
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        /* Initialize array */
        int [] arr;

        int size=0,i=0,numberToBeSearched=0;
        boolean flag=false;

        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Enter size of array:");
        size = sc.nextInt();
        arr=new int[size];

        System.out.println("Enter numbers in array:");
        for(i=0;i< size;i++)
        {
            System.out.print((i+1)+":");
            arr[i]=sc.nextInt();
        }

        System.out.println("Elements Entered in given array:");
        for(i=0;i< size;i++)
        {
            System.out.print(arr[i]+" ");
        }
        System.out.println();
        System.out.println("Enter the Element to be Searched:");
        numberToBeSearched=sc.nextInt();

        for(i=0;i< size;i++)
        {
            if(arr[i]==numberToBeSearched)
            {
                System.out.println(numberToBeSearched+" is found in index: "+(i+1));
                flag=true;
                break;
            }

        }
        if(flag==false)
        {
            System.out.println(numberToBeSearched+ " not found in given array!!!");
        }
    }

}

Python

li=[]
size=int(input("Enter size of list:"))
print("Enter elements in list:")
for i in range(0,size):
    print((i+1),end=":")
    li.append(int(input()))
print("Elements entered in given List:")
print(li)
numberFound=False
numberToBeSearched=int(input("Enter the number to be searched:"))
for i in range(0,size):
    if(li[i]==numberToBeSearched):
        print(numberToBeSearched,"is found at index:",(i+1))
        numberFound=True
        break
if(numberFound==False):
    print(numberToBeSearched,"not found in given List")