CMSC 21

Fundamentals of programming

Kristine Bernadette P. Pelaez

Institute of Computer Science

University of the Philippines Los Baños
Structures
 Structures

collection of related data

 Structures

collection of related data that

may be of different types
 Structures

name level healthpts

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name GWA age

student
 Structures

char name[30] int level int healthpts

pokemon

char name[50] float GWA int age

student
 Structures

each item that belongs to a

structure is called a member of
that structure
 Structures

char name[30] int level int healthpts

pokemon

char name[50] float GWA int age

student
 Defining
structures
there are three (3) ways
to define a structure in C:
1. using structure tags
2. using type-definition
3. using both
 Tagged
Structures
struct <structure_tag>{
<member1>;
<member2>; struct keyword
…
<memberN>;
};
 Tagged
Structures
struct <structure_tag>{
<member1>;
<member2>; structure tag
… acts as the name of
<memberN>; your structure
};
 Tagged
Structures
struct <structure_tag>{
<member1>;
<member2>;
…
<memberN>;
};

char name[30] int level int healthpts

pokemon
 Type-defined
structures
typedef struct{
<member1>;
<member2>; typedef &
…
<memberN>; struct keyword
}<synonym>;
 Type-defined
structures
typedef struct{
<member1>;
<member2>; synonym
… acts as the name of
<memberN>; your structure
}<synonym>;
 Type-defined
structures
typedef struct{
<member1>;
<member2>;
…
<memberN>;
}<synonym>;

char name[30] int level int healthpts

pokemon
 Type-defined &&
Tagged structures
typedef struct <structure_tag>{
<member1>;
<member2>; typedef &
…
<memberN>; struct keyword
}<synonym>;
 Type-defined &&
Tagged structures
typedef struct <structure_tag>{
<member1>;
<member2>; structure tag
… acts as the name of
<memberN>; your structure
}<synonym>;
 Type-defined &&
Tagged structures
typedef struct <structure_tag>{
<member1>;
<member2>; synonym
… acts as the “synonym”
<memberN>; for name of your
}<synonym>;
structure
 Type-defined &&
Tagged structures
typedef struct <structure_tag>{
<member1>;
<member2>;
…
<memberN>;
}<synonym>;

char name[30] int level int healthpts

pokemon
 Type-defined &&
Tagged structures
struct <structure_tag>{
<member1>;
<member2>;
…
<memberN>;
};

typedef struct <structure_tag> <synonym>;

 CMSC 21
Fundamentals of programming

Kristine Bernadette P. Pelaez

Institute of Computer Science

University of the Philippines Los Baños