Searching an Array for a Given Entry

Problem statement

To see whether an array contains a particular entry, we use a loop much like the ones we used in the previous lessons. Although those loops cycle through the whole array, the loop we need here should stop as soon as the first occurrence of the desired entry is found in the array. Right now, we do not care whether the entry occurs more than once.

Pseudocode

We will now describe the logic we need for this search by developing a pseudocode solution.

First draft pseudocode

The following pseudocode describes the ...