From a607295eeff62684e5c288baad849c8304a248a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nischay mrzn <129774293+Nischaymrzn@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:28:47 +0545
Subject: [PATCH] Create linearsearch.c

---
 C/linearsearch.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 C/linearsearch.c

diff --git a/C/linearsearch.c b/C/linearsearch.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..814959d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/C/linearsearch.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#include<stdio.h>
+int sequential_search(int[], int, int);
+void main() {
+	int x[20], i, n, p, key;
+	printf("Enter the number of element:");
+	scanf("%d", &n);
+	printf("\n Enter %d elements:", n);
+	for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+		scanf("%d", &x[i]);
+	printf("Enter the element to be search:");
+	scanf("%d", &key);
+	p = sequential_search(x, n, key);
+	if (p == -1)
+		printf("Number not found.");
+	else
+		printf("%d is found at location %d", key, p+1);
+}
+int sequential_search(int a[], int n, int k) {
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+		if (k == a[i])
+			return (i);
+	}
+	return (-1);
+}