Scan Memory for Three Consecutive Increasing Values

Code

#include <stdio.h>

int find_pattern(int *mem, int n) {
    // Write your pointer-based logic here
    for(int i=2; i<n; i++)
    {
        int first = *(mem + i-2);
        int second = *(mem + i-1);
        int third = *(mem + i);
        if(third == second + 1 && second == first + 1)
        {
            return i-2;
        }
    }
    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;
}

Solving Approach