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+package com.thealgorithms.searches;
+public class LinearSearchSimple {
+    public static int LinearSearchSimple(int[] arr, int target) {
+        for(int i=0; i<arr.length; i++) {
+            if(arr[i] == target) {
+                return i;
+            }
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        int[] arr = {4, 2, 3, 5, 1};
+        int target = 5;
+        int result = LinearSearchSimple(arr, target);
+        if(result != -1) {      
+            System.out.println("Element found at index: " + result);
+        } else {
+            System.out.println("Element not found in the array.");
+        }
+    }
+}
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