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SearchLinear

Searches for the element equal to the sample in the array.

int  SearchLinear(
   short  element      // sample
   ) const

Parameters

element

[in]  The sample element to search in the array.

Return Value

The position of the found element - successful, -1 - the element not found.

Note

The method uses the linear search (or sequential search) algorithm for unsorted arrays.

Example:

//--- example for CArrayShort::SearchLinear(short)
#include <Arrays\ArrayShort.mqh>
//---
void OnStart()
  {
   CArrayShort *array=new CArrayShort;
   //---
   if(array==NULL)
     {
      printf("Object create error");
      return;
     }
   //--- add arrays elements
   //--- . . .
   //--- search element
   if(array.SearchLinear(100)!=-1) printf("Element found");
   else                            printf("Element not found");
   //--- delete array
   delete array;
  }