// https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/algorithm/bsearch #include #include struct data { int nr; char const *value; } dat[] = { {1, "Foo"}, {2, "Bar"}, {3, "Hello"}, {4, "World"} }; int data_cmp(void const *lhs, void const *rhs) { struct data const *const l = lhs; struct data const *const r = rhs; if (l->nr < r->nr) return -1; else if (l->nr > r->nr) return 1; else return 0; // return (l->nr > r->nr) - (l->nr < r->nr); // possible shortcut // return l->nr - r->nr; // erroneous shortcut (fails if INT_MIN is present) } int main(void) { struct data key = { .nr = 3 }; struct data const *res = bsearch(&key, dat, sizeof dat / sizeof dat[0], sizeof dat[0], data_cmp); if (res) { printf("No %d: %s\n", res->nr, res->value); } else { printf("No %d not found\n", key.nr); } }