Linear Search Program

#include<iostream.h>
#include<conio.h>
void main()
{     clrscr();
int  *a,n,loc=-1,item;
cout<<"\nenter the no. of elements (max. 10):";
cin>>n;
a=new int[n];  //dynamically initialize array
cout<<"\nenter the elements:\n";
for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
cin>>a[i];
cout<<"\nenter the element to be searched: ";
cin>>item;
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
      if(a[i]==item)
      {      loc=i;
             break;    
      }
if(loc==-1)
     cout<<"\n"<<item<<" not found!!!";
else
     cout<<"location of "<<item<<" is: "<<loc+1;
getch();
}