Implement a linear search

linearsearch/main.c

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+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    int arr[] = {1,3,8,6,7};
+    int searchterm = 8;
+    int length = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
+    int result = -1;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
+    {
+        if (arr[i] == searchterm)
+        {
+            result = i;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    printf("%d", result);
+
+    return -1;
+}