Thread: checking if an element is in a list

Hello, I am very new in C programming and here is my question
I need to know how to program the following problem.

read a list
check if a specific element is included in it
execute a function if the element is there

i guess it goes something like this.

get_list .......1
for(i = 0; i < number-of-list-elements ; i++) .......2
if( list[i] = specific-element) ........3
execute function; ........4

my problem is in the 3rd line, dont know how to C-scrpit it.
thanx in advance for help

All the details, make all the difference!

1) Is the list in a file? If so, what's the file name and path (if needed).
2) What is the type of data in the list? Strings are handled a bit different than integers, etc.
3) ditto, "specific-element". What's it's data type?

Calling a function is just naming the function on it's own line, with the right parameters (if any), enclosed in parenthesis myFunction(); Functions need a prototype before they're referred to in the program. Something like this:

Code:

void myFunction(int number, char aLetter);

This prototype shows myFunction has no return value from it (void), and will be passed one integer variable called "number", and one char variable called "aLetter").

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