Merge pull request kelvins#316 from pluto-tofu/linear_search_java

added iterative linear search in java

Author: kelvins

README.md

@@ -309,8 +309,8 @@ In order to achieve greater coverage and encourage more people to contribute to
                 </a>
             </td>
             <td> <!-- Java -->
-                <a href="./CONTRIBUTING.md">
-                    <img align="center" height="25" src="./logos/github.svg" />
+                <a href="src/java/LinearSearchIterative.java">
+                    <img align="center" height="25" src="./logos/java.svg" />
                 </a>
             </td>
             <td> <!-- Python -->

src/java/LinearSearchIterative.java

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+public class LinearSearchIterative {
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    int array[] = {1, 2, 40, 233, 78, 83, 456};
+    System.out.println(LinearSearch(array, 40));
+    System.out.println(LinearSearch(array, 3));
+  }
+
+  public static int LinearSearch(int array[], int value) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+      if (array[i] == value) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    return -1;
+  }
+}