how to access first element of a struct array - c

Question

So I implemented the following method. The problem is that when I begin
searching the variableVector pointer I noticed that variableVector->variables
might not be pointing to the beginning variable element.
Variable* findVariable(VariableVector *variableVector,
char *variableNameOfVariableToReturn) {
if (variableVector->size < 1) {
return NULL ; // since variableVector is empty
}
Variable *currentVariable = variableVector->variables;//<== HOW TO RESET TO BEGINNING???
int numberOfVariablesInVariableVector = variableVector->size;
for (int i = 0; i < numberOfVariablesInVariableVector; i++) {
if (strcmp(currentVariable->variableName,
variableNameOfVariableToReturn) == 0) {
return currentVariable;
} else {
currentVariable++;
}
}
return NULL ; // variable not found in variableVector
}
These are what my structs look like:
struct _Variable {
char *variableName;
char *arrayOfElements;
int32_t address;
};
typedef struct _Variable Variable;
struct _VariableVector {
int size; // elements full in array
int capacity; // total available elements
Variable *variables;
};
typedef struct _VariableVector VariableVector;
Also this is how I add a new variable:
bool appendVariable(VariableVector *variableVector, Variable *variable) {
if (variableVector->size == variableVector->capacity) {
return false;
} else { // append since vector is not full
int indexOfFirstEmptyElement = variableVector->size;
memcpy(&variableVector->variables[indexOfFirstEmptyElement], variable, sizeof(Variable));
//variableVector->variables[indexOfFirstEmptyElement] = *variable;
variableVector->size++;
return true;
}
}