#include /* function to delete each character in str1 that matches with str2 */ int any(const char s1[], const char s2[]); int main(void) { char str[] = "ok chud you win this time"; char del[] = "ic"; printf("%d\n", any(str, del)); return 0; } int any(const char s1[], const char s2[]) { int i, j; for (i = 0; s1[i] != '\0'; i++) { for (j = 0; s2[j] != '\0'; j++) if (s2[j] == s1[i]) return i+1; } return -1; }