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Added Linear Search (trekhleb#20)

Added algorithm for the basic and useful linear search

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	`1`	`+#Linear Search`
	`2`	`+In computer science, linear search or sequential search is a method for finding a target value within a list. It sequentially checks each element of the list for the target value until a match is found or until all the elements have been searched.`
	`3`	`+Linear search runs in at worst linear time and makes at most n comparisons, where n is the length of the list.`
	`4`	`+`
	`5`	`+##References-`
	`6`	`+-[Wikipedia] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_search`
	`7`	`+-[Youtube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGU9duLE30w`

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	`1`	`+function linearSearch(array, Find){`
	`2`	`+ for(let i = 0; i < array.length; i++){`
	`3`	`+ if(array[i] === Find) return i;`
	`4`	`+`
	`5`	`+ }`
	`6`	`+ return -1;`
	`7`	`+}`

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