Problem with linear search

[Metastar]

I can't for the life of me grasp this search and it's really getting to me at this point. This is what I've got so far and maybe someone can point out where I've gone wrong.

public String linearSearch(Country[] myCountries, int first1, int last1, 
           String searchKey)
    {
        for(int i = 0; i < myCountries.length; i++)
        {
            boolean success;
            success = linearSearch(myCountries, int first2, int last2, String     input[i]);
            System.out.println("Success: " + success + " " + myCountries[j].getCountryCode());
        }//end for
    }//end linearSearch

I also need to return whether or not I found a hit or not, how many probes it took, and return it in the form:

found: the search key , probes: x

I dont have a return in here yet because I don't understand what I'm doing wrong here.

[Zack]

One thread is plenty.

problem with linear search

[Metastar]

yea I marked this one as solved