std::string arr[5] = { "EVEN", "ODD", "NONE", "MARK", "SPACE" };

#include <stdio.h>
#include <algorithm>
#include <string>

using std::string;

std::string arr[5] = { "EVEN", "ODD", "NONE", "MARK", "SPACE" };


int main() {

    string* pArrEnd = arr + sizeof( arr)/sizeof(arr[0]);

    string* pFound = std::find( arr, pArrEnd, "MARK");

    if (pFound == pArrEnd) {
        printf( "not foundn");
    }
    else {
        printf( "%s was found at index %dn", pFound->c_str(), pFound - arr);
        printf( "or using STL: %dn", std::distance( arr, pFound));
    }

    return 0;
}

// alloc the array
static const size_t numItems = 100000;
int * items = new int[numItems];

// fill the array
for( size_t n = 0; n < numItems; ++n )
	items[n] = n;

// find 42 using std::find()
int* found = std::find(&items[0], &items[numItems], 42);
if( found == &items[numItems] )
{
	// this is one past the end, so 42 was not found
	items[0] = 42;
}
else
{
	// we found the first instance of 42 at this location
	// change it to 43
	*found = 43;
}

int main()
{
    // for c++ vector
    typedef int Element;
    typedef std::vector<Element> CppVector;

    CppVector v;
    v.push_back( 2 );
    v.push_back( 4 );
    v.push_back( 8 );
    v.push_back( 6 );

    const Element el = 4;

    CppVector::const_iterator it = std::find( v.begin(), v.end(), el );
    if ( it == v.end() )
    {
        std::cout << "there is no such element" << std::endl;
    }
    else
    {
        const CppVector::size_type index = it - v.begin();
        std::cout << "index = " << index << std::endl;
    }

    // for C array
    typedef Element CVector[4];
    CVector cv;
    cv[0] = 2;
    cv[1] = 4;
    cv[2] = 8;
    cv[3] = 6;

    const std::size_t cvSize = sizeof( cv ) / sizeof( Element );

    std::cout << "c vector size = " << cvSize << std::endl;

    const Element* cit = std::find( cv, cv + cvSize, el );
    const std::size_t index = cit - cv;

    if ( index >= cvSize )
        std::cout << "there is no such element" << std::endl;
    else
        std::cout << "index = " << index << std::endl;
}