#include /* remove s2 chars from s1 */ void squeeze(char s1[], char s2[]) { int i, j, k, b; for (i = j = 0; s1[i] != '\0'; ++i) { b = 0; for (k = 0; s2[k] != '\0'; ++k) { if (s1[i] == s2[k]) { b = 1; } } if (b == 0) { s1[j++] = s1[i]; } } s1[j] = '\0'; } /* return first index in s1 where any char in s2 */ int any(char s1[], char s2[]) { int i, j; for (i = 0; s1[i] != '\0'; ++i) { for (j = 0; s2[j] != '\0'; ++j) { if (s1[i] == s2[j]) { return i; } } } return -1; } int main() { char s1[] = "foobar"; char s2[] = "a"; // squeeze(s1, s2); printf("%d\n", any(s1, s2)); return 0; }