diff --git a/Searching/linearsearch.cpp b/Searching/linearsearch.cpp
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+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+using namespace std;
+int main()
+{
+   int myarray[10] = {21,43,23,54,75,13,5,8,25,10};  
+    int key,loc;
+    cout<<"The input array is"<<endl;
+    for(int i=0;i<10;i++){
+        cout<<myarray[i]<<" ";
+    }
+    cout<<endl;
+    cout<<"Enter the key to be searched : "; cin>>key;
+    for (int i = 0; i< 10; i++)  
+    {  
+        if(myarray[i] == key)   
+        {  
+            loc = i+1;
+            break;  
+        }   
+        else  
+        loc = 0;  
+    }   
+    if(loc != 0)  
+    {  
+        cout<<"Key found at position "<<loc<<" in the array";  
+    }  
+    else 
+    {  
+        cout<<"Could not find given key in the array";  
+    }  
+   
+}