def read(*parts):
    """
    Build an absolute path from *parts* and and return the contents of the
    resulting file.  Assume UTF-8 encoding.
    """
    with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, *parts), "rb", "utf-8") as f:
        return f.read()
def linear_search(lst,size,value):
    i = 0
    while i < size:
        if lst[i] == value:
            return i
        i = i + 1
    return -1