NAG Library Manual, Mark 29.2
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Example description
/* nag_sort_charvec_search (m01ncc) Example Program.
 *
 * Copyright 2023 Numerical Algorithms Group.
 *
 * Mark 29.2, 2023.
 */
/* Pre-processor includes */
#include <math.h>
#include <nag.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(void) {
  /*Logical scalar and array declarations */
  Nag_Boolean validate;
  /*Integer scalar and array declarations */
  Integer exit_status = 0;
  Integer chlen, i, index, lench, m1, m2;
  /*Character scalar and array declarations */
  char item[255], chtmp[255];
  char **ch;
  NagError fail;

  INIT_FAIL(fail);

  printf("%s\n", "nag_sort_charvec_search (m01ncc) Example Program Results");
  printf("\n");
  scanf("%*[^\n] ");
  scanf("%" NAG_IFMT "%*[^\n]", &lench);
  if (!(ch = NAG_ALLOC(lench, char *))) {
    printf("Allocation failure\n");
    exit_status = -1;
    goto END;
  }
  /* Read in Reference Vector ch */
  for (i = 0; i < lench; i++) {
    scanf("%254s", chtmp);
    chlen = strlen(chtmp);
    if (!(ch[i] = NAG_ALLOC(chlen + 1, char))) {
      printf("Allocation failure\n");
      exit_status = -1;
      goto END;
    }
    strncpy(ch[i], chtmp, chlen + 1);
  }
  scanf("%*[^\n] ");
  /* Read items sought in the reference vector */
  validate = Nag_TRUE;
  m1 = 0;
  m2 = lench - 1;
  while (scanf("%254s%*[^\n] ", item) != EOF)
  {
    /*
     * nag_sort_charvec_search (m01ncc)
     * Binary search in set of character data
     */
    index = nag_sort_charvec_search(validate, (const char **)ch, m1, m2, item,
                                    &fail);
    if (fail.code != NE_NOERROR) {
      printf("Error from nag_sort_charvec_search (m01ncc).\n%s\n",
             fail.message);
      exit_status = 1;
      goto END;
    }
    if (validate) {
      /* Print the reference vector */
      printf("%s\n", "Reference Vector is:");
      for (i = 0; i < lench; i++) {
        printf("%s%s", ch[i], (i + 1) % 10 ? " " : "\n");
      }
      printf("\n");
      validate = Nag_FALSE;
    }
    printf("\n");
    printf("  Search for item %s returned index: %4" NAG_IFMT "\n", item,
           index);
  }

END:
  for (i = 0; i < lench; i++) {
    NAG_FREE(ch[i]);
  }
  NAG_FREE(ch);

  return exit_status;
}