Why isn't this function working?? Please Help.

If info[0] = 5 and the item in the parameter is 5, the function isn't recognizing the that both variables are the same.

this is how info was set

info = new ItemType[Max_Items];

template < class ItemType > int UnsortedList < ItemType >::findIndex (ItemType item) const //Searches the list for item and returns itembs index if the item was found. { ItemType vari; int index = 0; for (int i = 0; i < Max_Items; i++) { vari = item; cout << "vari: " << vari << " item: "<< item << " "; if (vari == info[i]) { index = i; } else { index = -1; } } return index; }