public class SequentialSearch{

   /**
      Finds a value in an array, using the linear search 
      algorithm.
      @param a the array 
      @param v the value to search
      @return the index at which the value occurs, or -1
      if it does not occur in the array
   */
   public static int search(int[] a, int v)
   {  for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++)
      {  if (a[i] == v)
            return i;
      }
      return -1;
   }
}
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