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Search

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

int  Search(
   string  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.

Example:

//--- example for CArrayString::Search(string)
#include <Arrays\ArrayString.mqh>
//---
void OnStart()
  {
   CArrayString *array=new CArrayString;
   //---
   if(array==NULL)
     {
      printf("Object create error");
      return;
     }
   //--- add arrays elements
   //--- . . .
   //--- sort array
   array.Sort();
   //--- search element
   if(array.Search("ABC")!=-1) printf("Element found");
   else                        printf("Element not found");
   //--- delete array
   delete array;
  }