$/**$

$*$ This method determines whether an element is in the list or not.

$*$ In the process of searching the list, it will keep a tally of comparisons $($i$.$e$.$ steps$)$ it makes

$*$ to find the given element. It returns a Pair containing a boolean, which expresses whether the

$*$ element was found $($true$)$ or not $($false$)$ and an integer value showing the number of comparisons it took

$*$ @param e element to be search for in the list

$*$ @return pair containing a boolean and int. Boolean should be true if element is found. False otherwise.

$*$ The number of comparisouns made to reach either conclusion is the integer

$**/$