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C Tutorial on Structure
Structure one of the user defined data type in C programming. A structure can contain similar or different type of data types. We can also create variable of structure like other data types in C.
Short Notes on Structure
- Structure can contain any data type
- Size of structure is the sum of its element's sizes
- Structure can contain pointer to itself
- Structure can contain another structure
- We can create array of structure variable
Syntax to declare Structure
struct struct_name { Element1; Element2; };
When we first define a structure, the statement simply tells the Compiler that a structure exist and no memory is allocated for structure till this time. Memory is allocated only when a structure variable is declared.
Declare Structure Variable
struct struct_name { Element1; Element2; }; struct struct_name var1;
Declare Structure Variable Using Typedef keyword
C language allows a programmer to rename any data type using the "typedef" keyword. We can typedef int, char, float and also userdefined data types like enum, structure & union.
typedef struct struct_name { Element1; Element2; }MYSTRUCT; MYSTRUCT var1;
Initialize Structure's Elements
Unlike normal variables, the syntax of initializing structure variables is quite different. The structure elements are accessed using the dot operator. Look at the below example
Initializing Individual Elements
var1.Element1 = somevalue; var1.Element2 = somevalue;
Initializing All Elements together
struct var1 = {somevalue, somevalue};
Partial Initializing of Elements - We can also initialize few elements of structure instead of initializing all elements.
struct var1 = {somevalue};
Nested Structures
C programming allows to have nested structures
Array of Structures
We can create array of structure like other data types in C programming. Array of structure can be accessed using index []
Access Structure Elements using Pointer
We can declare pointer to structure and can access all of its elements. The address of structure and it's first element address is same.
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