Linear and binary searching is a similar type of searching because it search only in sorted elements list or array.
C Program to implement Linear and Binary Search
#include <stdio.h> #include <conio.h> void main() { int arr[20], i, n, element, opt, pos, flag=0, beg, mid, end; clrscr(); printf("How many elements? "); scanf("%d",&n); printf("nEnter %d sorted elements : ",n); for (i=0; i<n; i++) scanf("%d",&arr[i]); printf("nThe entered array is :n"); for (i=0; i<n; i++) { printf("%dt",arr[i]); } for (i=1; i<n; i++) { if (arr[i-1]>arr[i]) { printf("nThe array entered isn't sorted!"); printf("nExiting"); getch(); exit(); } } printf("nnt **MAIN MENU**"); printf("n1. Search using Linear Search"); printf("n2. Search using Binary Search"); printf("n Enter an option : "); scanf("%d",&opt); printf("nEnter the element to search : "); scanf("%d",&element); if (opt==1) { for (i=0; i<n; i++) { if (element==arr[i]) { pos=i+1; flag=1; printf("The element is at postion %d",pos); } } } else if (opt==2) { beg=0; end=n; for (mid=(beg+end)/2;beg<=end;mid=(beg+end)/2) { if (arr[mid]==element) { printf("nThe element is at position %d",mid+1); flag=1; break; } if (arr[mid]>element) end=mid-1; else beg=mid+1; } if (flag==0) { printf("nn##Element not in array##"); } } else printf("nn ERROR!! INVALID INPUT"); getch();}Output: