Example description
/* nag_sort_search_vector (m01fsc) Example Program.
 *
 * Copyright 2019 Numerical Algorithms Group.
 *
 * Mark 27.0, 2019.
 */

#include <nag.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C"
{
#endif
  static Integer NAG_CALL compare(const Nag_Pointer a, const Nag_Pointer b);
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

int main(void)
{
  Integer exit_status = 0;
  NagError fail;
  Pointer match;
  double key, *vec = 0;
  size_t i, n;

  INIT_FAIL(fail);

  /* Skip heading in data file */
  scanf("%*[^\n]");
  printf("nag_sort_search_vector (m01fsc) Example Program Results\n");
  /* Read number of points and number to search for */
  scanf("%" NAG_UFMT "%lf", &n, &key);
  if (n >= 1) {
    if (!(vec = NAG_ALLOC(50, double)))
    {
      printf("Allocation failure\n");
      exit_status = -1;
      goto END;
    }
  }
  else {
    printf("Invalid n.\n");
    exit_status = 1;
    return exit_status;
  }
  for (i = 0; i < n; ++i)
    scanf("%lf", &vec[i]);
  /* nag_sort_search_vector (m01fsc).
   * Searches a vector for either the first or last match to a
   * given value
   */
  if (nag_sort_search_vector((Pointer) &key, (Pointer) vec, n,
                        (ptrdiff_t) (sizeof(double)), compare, Nag_Ascending,
                        Nag_First, &match, &fail)) {
    printf("Exact match found: ");
    if (fail.code != NE_NOERROR) {
      printf("Error from nag_sort_search_vector (m01fsc).\n%s\n", fail.message);
      exit_status = 1;
      goto END;
    }
    printf("First match index: %" NAG_UFMT "\n",
           (size_t) ((double *) match - vec));
  }
  else {
    printf("No exact match found: ");
    if (match != NULL)
      printf("Nag_First nearest match index = %" NAG_UFMT "\n",
             (size_t) ((double *) match - vec));
    else
      printf("No match in the input array\n");
  }
END:
  NAG_FREE(vec);
  return exit_status;
}

static Integer NAG_CALL compare(const Nag_Pointer a, const Nag_Pointer b)
{
  double x = *((const double *) a);
  double y = *((const double *) b);
  return (x < y ? -1 : (x == y ? 0 : 1));
}