Java program for linear search.

import java.util.Scanner;
class LinearSearchExample
{
   public static void main(String args[])
   {
      int counter, num, item, array[];
      //To capture user input
      Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
      System.out.println("Enter number of elements:");
      num = input.nextInt(); 
      //Creating array to store the all the numbers
      array = new int[num]; 
      System.out.println("Enter " + num + " integers");
      //Loop to store each numbers in array
      for (counter = 0; counter < num; counter++)
        array[counter] = input.nextInt();

      System.out.println("Enter the search value:");
      item = input.nextInt();

      for (counter = 0; counter < num; counter++)
      {
         if (array[counter] == item) 
         {
           System.out.println(item+" is present at location "+(counter+1));
           /*Item is found so to stop the search and to come out of the 
            * loop use break statement.*/
           break;
         }
      }
      if (counter == num)
        System.out.println(item + " doesn't exist in array.");
   }
}