C program to search an element using linear search

In this article we will learn to implement a C program to search an element using linear search. A C program is provided below to read a list of numbers and search for a given element (key) using linear search.

Program is as follows:

//C program to search for an element using linear search
#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
void main()
{
	int a[5],key,i;
	bool flag;
	printf("Enter 5 numbers: ");
	for(i=0;i<5;i++)
		scanf("%d",&a[i]);
	printf("Enter the number to search: ");
	scanf("%d",&key);
	flag=false;
	for(i=0;i<5;i++)
	{
		if(a[i]==key)
			flag=true;
	}
	if(flag==true)
		printf("%d is found",key);
	else
		printf("%d not found",key);
	getch();
}

Input and output for the above program is as follows:

Enter 5 numbers: 4 1 2 3 5
Enter the number to search: 2
2 is found

Suryateja Pericherla

Suryateja Pericherla, at present is a Research Scholar (full-time Ph.D.) in the Dept. of Computer Science & Systems Engineering at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. Previously worked as an Associate Professor in the Dept. of CSE at Vishnu Institute of Technology, India.

He has 11+ years of teaching experience and is an individual researcher whose research interests are Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Computer Security, Network Security and Blockchain.

He is a member of professional societies like IEEE, ACM, CSI and ISCA. He published several research papers which are indexed by SCIE, WoS, Scopus, Springer and others.