#---------------------------------------------------
# Function name:  unsortedSearch
#   Input:   list -> the list of unsorted elements
#            searchItem -> the search value
#   Output:  the index where the search value was found in the list,
#                or -1, if the search value is not found

def unsortedSearch (list, searchItem):
	index = 0
	while (index < len(list)):
		if (list[index] == searchItem):
			return index
		index = index + 1

	return -1


#---------------------------------------------------
# Main program:
#

names = ["Sue", "Mark", "William", "Cora", "Beth", "Tyler", "Ann", "June", "David"]
# names = ["Steve", "Garrett", "Danyu", "Krystal", "Chau", "Winnie", "Peter"]

print
print "Unsorted list is", names
print

searchVal = raw_input("What name do you want to search for? ")
print

found = unsortedSearch (names, searchVal)

if (found != -1):
	print "The search string was found in list 'names' at index", found
else:
	print "The search string was not found in list 'names'"

print