diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a846e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.exe
+linearsearch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57c2030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "files.associations": {
+        "algorithm": "cpp"
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05054c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "type": "cppbuild",
+            "label": "C/C++: g++ build active file",
+            "command": "/usr/bin/g++",
+            "args": [
+                "-fdiagnostics-color=always",
+                "-g",
+                "${file}",
+                "-o",
+                "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}"
+            ],
+            "options": {
+                "cwd": "${fileDirname}"
+            },
+            "problemMatcher": [
+                "$gcc"
+            ],
+            "group": {
+                "kind": "build",
+                "isDefault": true
+            },
+            "detail": "Task generated by Debugger."
+        }
+    ],
+    "version": "2.0.0"
+}
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diff --git a/linearsearch.cpp b/linearsearch.cpp
index 9eb220f..4e49cc6 100644
--- a/linearsearch.cpp
+++ b/linearsearch.cpp
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 #include <iostream>
 using namespace std;
+
 int main() {
-   int sea, c, n=6;
-   int arr[] = { 12, 35, 69, 74, 165, 54};
-   sea=165;
+   int search, c, n = 6;
+   int arr[] = { 12, 35, 69, 74, 165, 54 };
+   search=165;
+
    for (c = 0; c < n; c++) {
-      if (arr[c] == sea) {
+      if (arr[c] == search) {
          printf("%d is present at location %d.\n", search, c+1);
          break;
       }
    }
+   
    if (c == n)
       printf("%d isn't present in the array.\n", search);
+   
    return 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}