From c5cac8aff05c2829f760f8b9afdb483dcafefa82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Davide Pollicino <davidepollicino2015@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 20:44:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ISSUE #12, Adds Linear search allgorithm implemented using
 Javascript

---
 Javascript/linear_search.js | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Javascript/linear_search.js

diff --git a/Javascript/linear_search.js b/Javascript/linear_search.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d7b552092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Javascript/linear_search.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+*   Algorithm: Linear Search
+*   Author: Davide Pollicino (@omonimus1)
+*   Date: 25/06/2020
+*   Last Modified by: Davide Pollicino (@omonimus1) 26/06/2020
+*
+*	Linear search: compare every element for the beginning to the en
+*   with our target (element to find). It returns true if the target * is found, false otherwise
+*/
+
+/*
+*   Search in a list a target using linear search algorithm
+*/
+function linear_search(arr, target) {
+    for (var i=0; i<arr.length; i++) {
+        if (arr[i] == target)
+        return "Found";
+    }
+    return "Not Found";
+}
+  
+
+/*
+*	@Test : Search an element that exists in the list
+*   Output expected: Found
+*/
+function linear_search_pass_test(){
+    var test1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
+    console.log(linear_search(test1, 6));
+}
+  
+
+/*
+*	@Test : Search an element that do not exists in the list
+*   Output expected: 'Not Found'
+*/
+function linear_search_failure_test(){
+    var test1 = [1,2,4,5];
+    console.log(linear_search(test1, 9));
+}
+  
+  
+// Entry file of the js application
+linear_search_pass_test();
+linear_search_failure_test();
+