Scan Memory for Three Consecutive Increasing Values

Code

#include <stdio.h>

int find_pattern(int *mem, int n) {
    // Write your pointer-based logic here
    if(n < 3)
    {
        return -1;
    }

    int* p1 = mem;
    int* p2 = mem + 1;
    int* p3 = mem + 2;

    for(int i = 0; i < n - 2; i++)
    {
        if((*p2 == *p1 + 1) && (*p3 == *p2 + 1))
        {
            return i;
        }
        p1++;
        p2++;
        p3++;
    }
    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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