From 3518ad4bb188fa7038ffec5795b9ffef387df5fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paulson J Paul <paulsonstech@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:30:22 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add Linear Search JavaScript Version

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 searching/js/linear-search.js | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 searching/js/linear-search.js

diff --git a/searching/js/linear-search.js b/searching/js/linear-search.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..434e218f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searching/js/linear-search.js
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+// Linear Search JavaScript Version: searches for a specific item in an array and returns the index of the item.
+
+function linearSearch(arr, x) {
+  // Loop through the array
+  for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
+    // Checks if the item in the array = search item. If yes, return the index. If not, move to next item.
+    if (arr[i] === x) {
+      return i;
+    }
+  }
+  // After looping if the search item is not found, return -1.
+  return -1;
+}
+
+// Log to the console and have fun!
+console.log(linearSearch([2, 5, 8], 5));
+console.log(linearSearch([2, 6, 9, 15], 2));
+console.log(linearSearch([2, 3, 4, 10], 8));