Thread: How to locate a negative number in an array?

Using floats, I'm trying to have a user fill an array. Then have a user input an element they want to know the location of.
It works fine for decimal inputs but when I input a negative number it doesnt find it in the array

Code:

#include<stdio.h>

int main() {


    int n, i;
    float array[100], elem;


    printf("Enter the number of elements in an array:\n");
    scanf("%d", &n);


    printf("Enter the values of each element:\n");
    for(i=0;i<n;i++){
        scanf("%f", &array[i]);
    }
    printf("\n");
    printf("which element are you looking for?\n");
    scanf("%f", &elem);


    i=0;
    while(i<n && elem != array[i]){
        i++;
    }


    if(i<elem)
        printf("Your element is located at element: %d", i);


    else
        printf("-1");


   return (0);


    }

Originally Posted by Salem

If elem is negative, when do you expect this to be true?

Code:

    if(i<elem)
        printf("Your element is located at element: %d", i);

Gotcha, it would never work.
Changed the variable to n and now it works. LOL.