Phone Number List (NEED HELP WITH SEARCH)

[mustang07]

I need this program to find all occurences of a name and display them.
If I enter Palmer, I need it to display all the Palmers in the list.
Can anyone help me Please. Thank You!!

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
 
int main()
{
    const int NUMBERS = 11, S_LENGTH = 50;
    char list[11] [S_LENGTH] = {"Becky Warren 678-1223",
                                "Joe Looney, 586-0097",
                                "Geri Palmer, 223-8787",
                                "Lynn Presnell, 887-1212",
                                "Holly Gaddis, 223-8878",
                                "Sam Wiggins, 486-0998",
                                "Bob Kain, 586-8712",
                                "Tim Haynes, 586-7676",
                                "Warren Gaddis, 223-9037",
                                "Jean James, 678-4939",
                                "Ron Palmer, 486-2783"}; 
 
    char lookUp[S_LENGTH], *strPtr = NULL;
    int count;
 
    cout<< "\tPhone Number List\n\n";
    cout<< "Enter a name or partial name to search for: \n";
    cin.getline(lookUp, S_LENGTH);
 
    for  (count=0; count < NUMBERS; count++)
    {
        strPtr = strstr(list[count],lookUp);
 
        if (strPtr !=NULL)  
         break;
    }       
 
    if (strPtr == NULL)
       cout<< "No matching name was found.\n";    
    else
       cout<< list[count]<<endl;
 
 
 
    system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}

[scruggsy]

That code will find the first Palmer in the list, but since you break out of your loop as soon as the first match is found, you won't ever find more than one match.
So you'll want to print out each match as it is found, and continue looping until there are no more names to check against.

Hope this helps.

[archonmagnus]

If you've already #included string, why not use strings (and the accompanying members of the string class) rather than character arrays?

[weaknessforcats]

Yes, and also why not use a vector<string>?

Your lookup code is a duplication of STL code.

[sicarie]

mustang07-

Please check your PM's (located at the top right of the page).

Thanks,

sicarie