diff --git a/searchlinear.java b/searchlinear.java
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+class LinearSearch {
+    
+    static int search(int arr[], int n, int x)
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+
+            if (arr[i] == x)
+                return i;
+        }
+ 
+
+        return -1;
+    }
+ 
+    public static void main(String[] args)
+    {
+        int[] arr = { 3, 4, 1, 7, 5 };
+        int n = arr.length;
+         
+        int x = 4;
+ 
+        int index = search(arr, n, x);
+        if (index == -1)
+            System.out.println("Element is not present in the array");
+        else
+            System.out.println("Element found at position " + index);
+    }
+}
+