import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class Search
{

private String[] name = new String[11];

public Search()
{ name[0] = "Evan"; name[1] = "Abigail";
name[2] = "Pete"; name[3] = "Xavier";
name[4] = "Dimitri"; name[5] = "Zelda";
name[6] = "Mike"; name[7] = "Carlos";
name[8] = "Danielle"; name[9] = "Chris";
name[10] = "Janelle";
}

public void linearSearch() //aka sequential search
{ String msg = "", ask = "";
ask = "Which name do you want to find?";
String toFind = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(ask);
boolean found = false;
int k = 0;
while(k < name.length && ! found)
{
    if(name[k].equalsIgnoreCase(toFind))
        found = true;
    k++;
}
if (found)
    msg = toFind + " was found in the array.";
else
    msg = toFind + " was not found in the array.";
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, msg);
}

public static void main(String[] args)
{
Search s = new Search();
s.linearSearch();
}
}