C Struct
In C programming, a struct (or structure) is a collection of variables (can be of
different types) under a single name.
Syntax of struct
struct structureName { struct Person {
dataType member1; char name[50];
dataType member2; int citNo;
... float salary;
}; };
Create struct Variables
When a struct type is declared, no storage or memory is allocated. To allocate
memory of a given structure type and work with it, we need to create variables.
Here's how we create structure variables:
struct Person {
// code
};
int main() {
struct Person person1, person2, p[20];
return 0;
}
Another way of creating a struct variable is:
struct Person {
// code
} person1, person2, p[20];
In both cases,
person1 and person2 are struct Person variables
p[] is a struct Person array of size 20.
Example 1: C structs
#include <stdio.h> int main() {
#include <string.h>
// assign value to name of person1
// create struct with person1 strcpy(person1.name, "George Orwell");
variable
struct Person {
// assign values to other person1 variables
char name[50];
person1.citNo = 1984;
int citNo;
person1. salary = 2500;
float salary;
} person1;
// print struct variables
printf("Name: %s\n", person1.name);
printf("Citizenship No.: %d\n", person1.citNo);
printf("Salary: %.2f", person1.salary);
return 0;
}
