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  public class myProg { public static void main(String[] args) { String[] list1 = {"john", "mary", "jason", "edward", "peter"}; System.out.println( linearSearch(list1, "jason") ); System.out.println( linearSearch(list1, "jacob") ); String[] list2 = {"x", "ab", "xa", "xy", "az", "dc", "ac"}; System.out.println( linearSearch(list2, "XY") ); System.out.println( linearSearch(list2, "xy") ); } public static int linearSearch(String[] m, String key) { for (int i = 0; i < m.length; i++) if ( m[i].compareTo(key) == 0 ) return i; return -1; } }