C program to find an element using Linear/Sequential Searching from an Array.

/*
    program to implement Linear Searching,
    to find an element in array.
*/
 
#include <stdio.h>
 
#define MAX 5
 
/**     function    :   linearSearch()
    to search an element.
**/
int linearSearch(int *a,int n)
{
    int i,pos=-1;
 
    for(i=0;i< MAX; i++)
    {
        if(a[i]==n)
        {
            pos=i;
            break;
        }
    }
    return pos;
}
 
int main()
{
    int i,n,arr[MAX];
    int num;     /* element to search*/
    int position;
 
    printf(" Enter array elements: ");
    for(i=0;i< MAX;i++)
        scanf("%d",&arr[i]);
 
    printf(" Now enter element to search :");
    scanf("%d",&num);
 
    /* calling linearSearch function*/
 
    position=linearSearch(arr,num);
 
    if(num==-1)
        printf("Element not found. ");
    else
        printf("Element found @ %d position. ",position);
 
    return 0;
}