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12.1 Structures

In C, a structure is a derived data type consisting of a collection of member elements and their data types. Thus, a variable of a structure type is the name of a group of one or more members which may or may not be of the same data type. In programming terminology, a structure data type is referred to as a record data type and the members are called fields. (We will use these two terms interchangebly).

• 12.1.1 Declaring and Accessing Structure Data
• 12.1.2 Using Structure Tags
• 12.1.3 Structures and Functions
• 12.1.4 Pointers to Structures