diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
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+++ b/.idea/.gitignore
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+# Default ignored files
+/shelf/
+/workspace.xml
diff --git a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
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index 0000000..105ce2d
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+++ b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<component name="InspectionProjectProfileManager">
+  <settings>
+    <option name="USE_PROJECT_PROFILE" value="false" />
+    <version value="1.0" />
+  </settings>
+</component>
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diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="Python 3.9" project-jdk-type="Python SDK" />
+</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
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index 0000000..4f4e885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
+    <modules>
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/python_projects.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/python_projects.iml" />
+    </modules>
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/python_projects.iml b/.idea/python_projects.iml
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index 0000000..d0876a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/python_projects.iml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="PYTHON_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" />
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>
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diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/LinearSearch.py b/LinearSearch.py
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+++ b/LinearSearch.py
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+#Basic Linear Search
+
+# Defines function that searches through array
+def linearsearch(arr, x): # Passes in target as x, and the array
+   for i in range(len(arr)): # Creates an index for length of array
+      if arr[i] == x: # Compares array value to searched value
+         return i # Returns index
+   return -1
+
+arr = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10] # Defines array
+
+x = int(input("Enter a number between 1 and 10: ")) # Gets the user key value
+
+print("element found at index "+str(linearsearch(arr,x))) # Displays where the value is found
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