def sequentialSearch(alist, item): pos = 0 found = False while pos < len(alist) and not found: if alist[pos] == item: found = True print("Found") else: pos = pos+1 if found == False: print("Not found") return found print("Enter numbers seprated by space") s = input() numbers = list(map(int, s.split())) trgt =int( input('enter a single number to be found in the list ')) sequentialSearch(numbers, trgt)