def linearSearch(intList,target):
    found = False
    position = 0
    while position < len(intList) and not found:
        if intList[position] == target:
            found = True
        position = position + 1

    return found

linearList = [3,5,9,7,6,12,15,9,1]
numInput = input("What number are you looking for? ")
numFound = linearSearch(numInput, linearList)
if numFound:
    print("The number is in index: ")
else:
    print("The number is not in the list")

def linearSearch(intList,target):
    #print (target)
    found = False
    position = 0
    while position < len(intList):
        #print(intList[position])
        if intList[position] == target:
            found = True
            break
        position = position + 1

    return found

linearList = [3,5,9,7,6,12,15,9,1]
numInput = int(input("What number are you looking for? "))
numFound = linearSearch(linearList,numInput)
if numFound:
    print("The number is in index: ")
else:
    print("The number is not in the list")

// funtion which rturns true if item found inside list.
    def linearSearch(list, value):
            for i in range(len(list)):
                if i == value:
                     return True

list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
    item = 10
    print(linearSearch(list, item)) // item to search

for x in list:
    if x == str(num):
        print("match found:"+x)
        break
else:
     print('no match found')