#include <stdio.h> int find_pattern(int *mem, int n) { // Write your pointer-based logic here int *p=mem; for(int i=0; i<n-3;i++){ if( (*(p)+1 == *(p+1)) && (*(p+1)+1 == *(p+2) )) return i; p++; } return -1; } int main() { int n, arr[100]; scanf("%d", &n); for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { scanf("%d", &arr[i]); } int res = find_pattern(arr, n); printf("%d", res); return 0; }
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8 2 4 5 6 9 11 12 14
Expected Output
1