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    "# Write a Python program for sequential search.\n",
    "# Sequential Search: In computer science, linear search or sequential search is a method for finding a particular value in a list\n",
    "# that checks each element in sequence until the desired element is found or the list is exhausted. The list need not be ordered.\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "def Sequential_Search(dlist, item):\n",
    "\n",
    "    pos = 0\n",
    "    found = False\n",
    "    \n",
    "    while pos < len(dlist) and not found:\n",
    "        if dlist[pos] == item:\n",
    "            found = True\n",
    "        else:\n",
    "            pos = pos + 1\n",
    "    \n",
    "    return found, pos\n",
    "\n",
    "print(Sequential_Search([11,23,58,31,56,77,43,12,65,19],31))\n"
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