/*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* This file can be saved to your machine (almost) as you see it  */
/* by doing a "Save As..." from the File menu of your browser.    */
/*                                                                */
/* For this to work, you must TYPE a filename with .txt as the    */
/* file extent.  (Simply selecting .txt as the file type          */
/* doesn't seem to be sufficient.)  Remove the .txt extension     */
/* once the file is saved.  (IE inserts the page title as the     */
/* first line, which must be removed also.)                       */
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// Return location of item in list[0..n-1] if found,
// Otherwise return n 

    int find(char item, char list[], int n) {

        int     index;

        for (index=0; index<n; index++) {
            if (list[index] == item) {
                break;
            }
        }

        return index;   // either we found it or we didn't,
                        // but in either case the value of
                        // 'index' at this point is the answer


    }