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+package main
+
+import "core:fmt"
+
+linear_search :: proc(arr: []int, len: int, needle: int) -> bool {
+    for index, val in arr {
+        if val == needle {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+main :: proc() {
+    fmt.println("hello there here is a for loop");
+
+    values: []int = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
+    res: bool = linear_search(values, 5, 2);
+    fmt.println(res);
+}