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A program to search an element in an array using pointers

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C Programming Language 104

  • Write a program to search an element in an array using pointers

Program

#include <stdio.h>
 
void main()
{
    int a[30], n, i, *p, key;
 
    printf("Enter how many numbers you want to input: ");
    scanf("%d", &n);
 
    p = a;
    printf("\nEnter numbers:\n");
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        scanf("%d", p + i);
    }
 
    printf("Enter the element to be searched: ");
    scanf("%d", &key);
 
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        if (key == (*(p + i)))
        {
            printf("Number found at %d", i + 1);
        }
    }
 
    printf("\n");
}

Result

Enter how many numbers you want to input: 3

Enter numbers:
1 2 3
Enter the element to be searched: 2
Number found at 2

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