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Look up names in a hardcoded list

#define STRING_LENGTH 80
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int lookup(char const *const name)/* lookup a name */
int main()
{
    char name[STRING_LENGTH"Jim";
    name[strlen(name)] '\0';

    if (lookup(name)){
        printf("%s is in the list\n", name);
    }else{
        printf("%s is not in the list\n", name);
    }
    return (0);
}

int lookup(char const *const name)
{
    static char *list[] {"John","Jim","Jane","Clyde",NULL};

    int index;

    for (index = 0; list[index!= NULL; ++index) {
        if (strcmp(list[index], name== 0)
            return (1);
    }
    return (0);
}


           
       
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