Linear_search_resource

# linear search algorithm with function
"""
Example of how to search an item with a linear
search, selecting it from a list (things inside a bag)
"""
# Python implementation:
# ● Entries: a list and the searched item
# ● Outputs: item position or an exception
def linearSearch(item,my_list):
# Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the item is present or not
# The Boolean variable found is initialized to False
    found = False
    position = 0 # position has the current position in the list, starts at 0
    while position < len(my_list) and not found:
        if my_list[position] == item:
# It is assigned the True value if we discover the item in the list.
            found = True
        position = position + 1
    return found
bag = ['book','pencil','pen','notebook','sharpener','rubber']
print("Items in the bag: ", bag)
item = input('What item do you want to check for in the bag?')
itemFound = linearSearch(item,bag)
if itemFound:
    print 'Yes, the item is in the bag'
else:
    print 'Oops, your item seems not to be in the bag'