linear search program in c
#include <stdio.h>
int linearSearch(int a[], int n, int val) {
// Going through array sequencially
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
if (a[i] == val)
return i+1;
}
return -1;
}
int main() {
int a[] = {70, 40, 30, 11, 57, 41, 25, 14, 52}; // given array
int val = 41; // value to be searched
int n = sizeof(a) / sizeof(a[0]); // size of array
int res = linearSearch(a, n, val); // Store result
printf("The elements of the array are - ");
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
printf("%d ", a[i]);
printf("\nElement to be searched is - %d", val);
if (res == -1)
printf("\nElement is not present in the array");
else
printf("\nElement is present at %d position of array", res);
return 0;
}