K&R C Exercise 2-5 Solution

/*
 * Exercise 2-5 Write the function any( s1, s2 ), which returns
 * the first location in the string s1 where any character from
 * the string s2 occurs, or -1 if s1 contains no character from 
 * s2.
 * 
 * fduan, Dec. 13, 2011
 */
#include <stdio.h>

int locate_char( char s[], int c )
{
	int i = 0;
	while( s[i] != '\0' && s[i] != c )
		++i;
	return ( s[i] == '\0' ) ? -1 : i;
}

int any( char s[], char t[] )
{
	int i, j;
	i = 0;
	while( s[i] != '\0' )
	{
		if( ( j = locate_char( t, s[i++] ) ) != -1 )
			break;
	}
	return ( j == -1 ) ? -1 : ( i - 1 );
}

int main()
{
	char s[] = "abcdefg";
	char t[] = "eg";
	int pos;
	pos = any( s, t );
	printf( "pos = %d\n", pos );
	return 0;
}