package javaapplication2;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class LinearSearch 
{
    ArrayList <String> names = new ArrayList();
    
    public LinearSearch()
    {   names.add("Bryan");names.add("Nicole");
        names.add("Will");names.add("Ethan");
        names.add("Jun");names.add("Lauren");
        names.add("Dan");names.add("Josh");
        names.add("Abhay");names.add("Isaac");
    }
    public void linearSearch()
    {   String sought = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Which name? ");
        boolean found = false; int k = 0; String msg = "";
        while ( ! found && k < names.size())
        {   String name = names.get(k);
            if (name.equals(sought))
                found = true;
            k++;
        }
        if (found) msg = sought + " is in the list.";
        else msg = sought + " is NOT in the list.";
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, msg);
        
    }
    
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {   LinearSearch ls = new LinearSearch();
        ls.linearSearch();
        
    }
    
}