# L-12 MCS 260 Mon 8 Feb 2010 : find element # Illustration of a double for loop to find # an element in a two dimensional array. from numpy import * n = input('give number of rows : ') m = input('give number of columns : ') A = random.randint(-100,100,(n,m)) print 'a random %d-by-%d array :\n' % (n,m), A x = input('give a number : ') found = False for i in range(0,n): for j in range(0,m): if A[i,j] == x: found = True break if found: break if found: print 'found %d at [%d,%d]' % (x,i,j) else: print '%d does not occur in array' % x