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+"""
+This is a simple Linear search algorithm for python.
+This is the exact implementation of the pseudocode written in README.
+"""
+def linear_search(item_list,item):
+    index=0
+    while index < len(item_list):
+        if item_list[index] == item:
+            return index
+        index+=1
+    return None
+
+#Simple demonstration of the function
+if __name__=='__main__':
+    print (linear_search([1,3,5,7],3))
+    print (linear_search([1,2,5,7,97],0))