From a07f4acb2e976903addac5cf58dee72714b3afbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: numan <numan@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:07:59 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add Linear Search algorithm in Java

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 .../thealgorithms/searches/LinearSearch.java  | 34 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/LinearSearch.java

diff --git a/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/LinearSearch.java b/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/LinearSearch.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dd045cad839e
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+++ b/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/LinearSearch.java
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+package com.thealgorithms.searches;
+
+/*
+ * Linear Search Algorithm
+ * Time Complexity: O(n)
+ * Space Complexity: O(1)
+ */
+
+public class LinearSearch {
+
+    // Method to perform linear search
+    public static int linearSearch(int[] arr, int target) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
+            if (arr[i] == target) {
+                return i; // element found
+            }
+        }
+        return -1; // element not found
+    }
+
+    // Main method for testing
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        int[] arr = {10, 20, 30, 40, 50};
+        int target = 30;
+
+        int result = linearSearch(arr, target);
+
+        if (result != -1) {
+            System.out.println("Element found at index: " + result);
+        } else {
+            System.out.println("Element not found");
+        }
+    }
+}
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