function found = vectorQuery(v,n,r)

% found is 1 if the number r appears in the first n cells of vector v.

% Otherwise found is 0.  n<=length(v).



found= 0;  % r hasn't been found yet

k= 1;      % index position being evaluated 

while(k<=n && ~found)

    if (v(k)==r) 

        found= 1;  %r  has been found at position 1

    end

    k= k+1;

end



    