RosettaCodeData/Task/Search-a-list/C/search-a-list.c
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
const char *haystack[] = {
"Zig", "Zag", "Wally", "Ronald", "Bush", "Krusty", "Charlie",
"Bush", "Boz", "Zag", NULL
};
int search_needle(const char *needle, const char **hs)
{
int i = 0;
while( hs[i] != NULL ) {
if ( strcmp(hs[i], needle) == 0 ) return i;
i++;
}
return -1;
}
int search_last_needle(const char *needle, const char **hs)
{
int i, last=0;
i = last = search_needle(needle, hs);
if ( last < 0 ) return -1;
while( hs[++i] != NULL ) {
if ( strcmp(needle, hs[i]) == 0 ) {
last = i;
}
}
return last;
}
int main()
{
printf("Bush is at %d\n", search_needle("Bush", haystack));
if ( search_needle("Washington", haystack) == -1 )
printf("Washington is not in the haystack\n");
printf("First index for Zag: %d\n", search_needle("Zag", haystack));
printf("Last index for Zag: %d\n", search_last_needle("Zag", haystack));
return 0;
}