/*** *lfind.c - do a linear search * * Copyright (c) 1985-1997, Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. * *Purpose: * defines _lfind() - do a linear search of an array. * *******************************************************************************/ #include #include #include /*** *char *_lfind(key, base, num, width, compare) - do a linear search * *Purpose: * Performs a linear search on the array, looking for the value key * in an array of num elements of width bytes in size. Returns * a pointer to the array value if found, NULL if not found. * *Entry: * char *key - key to search for * char *base - base of array to search * unsigned *num - number of elements in array * int width - number of bytes in each array element * int (*compare)() - pointer to function that compares two * array values, returning 0 if they are equal and non-0 * if they are different. Two pointers to array elements * are passed to this function. * *Exit: * if key found: * returns pointer to array element * if key not found: * returns NULL * *Exceptions: * *******************************************************************************/ void * __cdecl _lfind ( REG2 const void *key, REG1 const void *base, REG3 unsigned int *num, unsigned int width, int (__cdecl *compare)(const void *, const void *) ) { unsigned int place = 0; while (place < *num ) if (!(*compare)(key,base)) return( (void *)base ); else { base = (char *)base + width; place++; } return( NULL ); }