Something

private void LINEAR(String s, int start){
		//System.out.print(" " + start);
		boolean done = false;
		do{
			if (!done && dataArr[start] == null ){
				//empty array position
				dataArr[start] = s;
				done =true;
			}
				
			if (!done && dataArr[start] != null && dataArr[start] == s ){
				start++;
			if (start >=dataArr.length)
				start = 0;
			done = true;
			}
			if (!done && dataArr[start] != null && dataArr[start] != s){
				myHr.incrementDuplicatesCount();
				done = true;
			}
			 
			}while (!done);
		
	}