Linear Searching Java Program

Linear searching is a technique for searching any elements by comparing all the elements of array, until that particular element is found.
In below Java programming tutorial, I have given the source code with output for Linear searching technique.

Java Program Source code of Linear Search

import java.util.Scanner;

class LinearSearch
{
  public static void main(String args[])
  {
    int c, n, search, array[];

    Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.printf("Enter number of elements:");
    n = in.nextInt();
    array = new int[n];

    System.out.println("Enter " + n + " integers :");

    for (c = 0; c < n; c++)
      array[c] = in.nextInt();

    System.out.printf("Enter value to find:");
    search = in.nextInt();

    for (c = 0; c < n; c++)
    {
      if (array[c] == search)     // Searching element is present
      {
         System.out.println(search + " is present at location " + (c + 1) + ".");
          break;
      }
   }
   if (c == n)  // Searching element is absent
      System.out.println(search + " is not present in array.");
  }
}

Output of Linear Searching Java Program

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