Search a stuct

[mrsirpoopsalot]

I read in a file into a struct. all is fine, but i want to search for a last name within the struct. I can search for a last name but the problem is in the struct i have 2 same authors like.

C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis...  Malik
C++ Programming: Program Design Including... D. S. Malik

when i do a search for Malik i get only the first one.
I would like to get both results. heres what i have so far

struct Library {

string Title;
string Author;
};

const int ARRAY_SIZE = 1000;
Library books [ ARRAY_SIZE ];

to search

int showBooksByAuthor( int count, string name )
{

for(int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
   
     if( books[i].Author.find(name) == 0)
     cout << books[i].Title << " (" << books[i].Author << ")" << endl;
}

what can i do to return both?
sorry about the double post and misspelling

[mrsirpoopsalot]

I had some luck with

if(name.find_first_of(books[i].Author)== 0)

output:

Enter file name with the extension: c:\library.txt
14 records loaded successfully.
Enter Q to (Q)uit, Search (A)uthor, Search (T)itle, (S)how All:
A
Authors Name: Malik
C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis... (Malik)
Beginning LINUX Programming (Stones and Matthew)
C++ Programming: Program Design Including... (D. S. Malik)
Enter Q to (Q)uit, Search (A)uthor, Search (T)itle, (S)how All:

but as you can see it picked up a record i didnt not ask for..

[Perspective]

try:

if (books[i].find(name) != string::npos)

[mrsirpoopsalot]

Thank you that did the trick.
I dont know much about npos but i guess it's time i learn.

[Perspective]

Just read the documentation for the string class.

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/s...ring/find.html

Return:
The position of the first occurrence in the string of the searched content.
If the content is not found, the member value npos is returned.