C Program to Search an element in Array

Data Structure / Array

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Program:

#include<stdio.h>
 
int main() {
   int a[30], ele, num, i;
 
   printf("\nEnter no of elements :");
   scanf("%d", &num);
 
   printf("\nEnter the values :");
   for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
      scanf("%d", &a[i]);
   }
 
   //Read the element to be searched
   printf("\nEnter the elements to be searched :");
   scanf("%d", &ele);
 
   //Search starts from the zeroth location
   i = 0;
   while (i < num && ele != a[i]) {
      i++;
   }
 
   //If i < num then Match found
   if (i < num) {
      printf("Number found at the location = %d", i + 1);
   } else {
      printf("Number not found");
   }
 
   return (0);
}

Output:

Enter no of elements : 5
11 22 33 44 55
Enter the elements to be searched : 44
Number found at the location = 4

Explanation:

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