void findHoliday (const DayData holidayList[],int listLength, 
                     int month,int day, char holidayCopy[]) 
....
 
holidayCopy = holidayList[i].holiday;

const int MAX_DATES = 60,     // Max number of holidays in list 
          MAX_NAME_LEN = 81;   // Max length of holiday name 
 
#include <iostream> 
#include <fstream> 
using namespace::std; 
 
 
// Definition of DayData type 
struct DayData {
 
    int month, day;               // Month / day of holiday 
    char holiday[MAX_NAME_LEN];   // Name of holiday 
};

//   holidays.cpp 
// Finds a holiday for a specified date from a list of holidays. 
 
const int MAX_DATES = 60,     // Max number of holidays in list 
          MAX_NAME_LEN = 81;   // Max length of holiday name 
 
#include <iostream> 
#include <fstream> 
using namespace::std; 
 
 
// Definition of DayData type 
struct DayData {
 
    int month, day;               // Month / day of holiday 
    char holiday[MAX_NAME_LEN];   // Name of holiday 
}; 
 
// Function prototype 
void findHoliday ( const DayData holidayList[], int listLength, 
                   int month, int day, char holidayCopy[]); 
 
int main () {
 
    DayData holidayList[MAX_DATES];   // List of holidays 
    int count = 0,                    // Number of holidays in list 
        month,                        // Input month / day 
        day; 
    char holidayName[MAX_NAME_LEN];   // Name of selected holiday 
 
    // Open the designated file for input. 
    ifstream holidayFile("HOLIDAYS.DAT" /*, ios::nocreate */);
 
    if (!holidayFile) { 
         cout << "File cannot be opened.  Program terminates.." << endl; 
         return 0; 
    } 
 
    // Read in the list of holidays. 
    while (holidayFile.good() 
            && holidayFile >> holidayList[count].month >> holidayList[count].day ) 
    { 
        holidayFile.get();   // Remove blank after day from the stream 
        holidayFile.getline(holidayList[count].holiday,    MAX_NAME_LEN,'\n'); 
        count++;                        
    } 
 
    // Close the file. 
    holidayFile.close(); 
 
    // Prompt the user for the date of the desired hoilday. 
    cout << endl << "Enter the month and day for a holiday: "; 
    cin >> month >> day; 
 
    // Display the holiday (if any) for the requested date. 
    findHoliday(holidayList, count, month, day, holidayName); 
    if ( holidayName[0] != '\0' ) 
       cout << holidayName << endl; 
    else 
       cout << "No holiday listed" << endl;
 
    return 0;
 
} // end main 
 
//-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
// Insert your findHoliday() function here. 
//-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
void findHoliday (const DayData holidayList[],int listLength, 
                     int month,int day, char holidayCopy[])  {
 
    //  if the month day pair is found in the array of structures 
    //        holidayList, copy the holiday name into holidayCopy 
    //        and return true 
    //  if the month day pair is not found in the array of structures 
    //        holidayList, place '\0' in cell 0 of holidayCopy and 
    //        return false 
 
    for(int i = 0; i < sizeof(holidayList); i++) 
        if(month == holidayList[i].month && day == holidayList[i].day) {
            holidayCopy[0] = holidayList[i].holiday;
 
        }
        else if(i == sizeof(holidayList) - 1)
            holidayCopy[0] = '\0';
 
 
 
 
 
} // end findHoliday