C/C++ :: Program To Find Index Of Character In A String Gives Incorrect Output

I've been typed out a C program to let the user define the size of their string , and key in characters for this string , the program would then prompt the user for a character to search for in the string and return it's index value. Eg. Index of c in abc is 2. My code is as shown:

#include<stdio.h>
#define SIZE 20
int search(char x[SIZE+1] , int n , char s);
int main(void){
char x[SIZE+1] , s;
int n , index;

[Code] ....

However , after I key in my characters for the string , the program does not prompt me to input a character to look for, it just prints it out and returns some funny number. But the program works just fine is I move this portion to the top :

printf("Enter alphabet to find: ");
scanf("%c",&s);