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I have created an array which holds info on records - but i need to be able to search thru the records to find one of them
also i need it to be able to just search for just the first couple of letters, so that a list of the results can be stored in another array.
can any1 help please
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I have created an array which holds info on records - but i need to be able to search thru the records to find one of them
also i need it to be able to just search for just the first couple of letters, so that a list of the results can be stored in another array.
can any1 help please
Is your list sorted or unsorted? If it's unsorted, just use a for() loop and go through the list. If it's sorted, use a binary search. In either case, if you're comparing strings, then, oddly enough, you want the strcmp or strncmp function.
Quzah.
Cheers, strncmp will work ok