Merge pull request matthewsamuel95#527 from shakib609/master

Add LinearSearch implementation in Javascript

Author: matthewsamuel95

Search/LinearSearch/linear_search.js

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+// The function takes an array and the element as input
+// Returns the position if the element is found
+// Otherwise, returns -1
+function linear_search(array, element) {
+  const n = array.length;
+  for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    if (array[i] == element)
+      return i;
+  }
+  return -1;
+}
+
+
+const arr = [4, 12, 7, 90, 88, 14];
+const element = 90;
+const position = linear_search(arr, element);
+
+if (position == -1)
+  console.log("Element not found!");
+else
+  console.log("Element found at: " + position);