[c++] How do I find a particular value in an array and return its index?

Pseudo Code:

int arr[ 5 ] = { 4, 1, 3, 2, 6 }, x;

x = find(3).arr ; 

x would then return 2.

the fancy answer. Use std::vector and search with std::find

the simple answer

use a for loop

If the array is unsorted, you will need to use linear search.

#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>

int main()
{
     int arr[5] = {4, 1, 3, 2, 6};
     int x = -1;
     std::vector<int> testVector(arr, arr + sizeof(arr) / sizeof(int) );

     std::vector<int>::iterator it = std::find(testVector.begin(), testVector.end(), 3);
     if (it != testVector.end())
     {
          x = it - testVector.begin();
     }
     return 0;
}

Or you can just build a vector in a normal way, without creating it from an array of ints and then use the same solution as shown in my example.

We here use simply linear search. At first initialize the index equal to -1 . Then search the array , if found the assign the index value in index variable and break. Otherwise, index = -1.

   int find(int arr[], int n, int key)
   {
     int index = -1;

       for(int i=0; i<n; i++)
       {
          if(arr[i]==key)
          {
            index=i;
            break;
          }
       }
      return index;
    }


 int main()
 {
    int arr[ 5 ] = { 4, 1, 3, 2, 6 };
    int n =  sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]);
    int x = find(arr ,n, 3);
    cout<<x<<endl;
    return 0;
 }

int arr[5] = {4, 1, 3, 2, 6};
vector<int> vec;
int i =0;
int no_to_be_found;

cin >> no_to_be_found;

while(i != 4)
{
    vec.push_back(arr[i]);
    i++;
}

cout << find(vec.begin(),vec.end(),no_to_be_found) - vec.begin();

Here is a very simple way to do it by hand. You could also use the <algorithm>, as Peter suggests.

#include <iostream>
int find(int arr[], int len, int seek)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i)
    {
        if (arr[i] == seek) return i;
    }
    return -1;
}
int main()
{
    int arr[ 5 ] = { 4, 1, 3, 2, 6 };
    int x = find(arr,5,3);
    std::cout << x << std::endl;    
}