C语言基础教程课件(英文版)ch12.pptVIP

A First Book of ANSI C, Fourth Edition * Common Compiler Errors A First Book of ANSI C, Fourth Edition * Summary A structure allows individual variables to be grouped under a common variable name A structure type name can be used to create a generalized structure type describing the form and arrangement of elements in a structure Structures are particularly useful as elements of arrays A First Book of ANSI C, Fourth Edition * Summary (continued) Individual members of a structure are passed to a function in the manner appropriate to the data type of the member being passed Structure members can be any valid C data type, including structures, unions, arrays, and pointers Unions are declared in the same manner as structures A First Book of ANSI C, Fourth Edition * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A First Book of ANSI C, Fourth Edition A First Book of ANSI C, Fourth Edition A First Book of ANSI CFourth Edition Chapter 12 Structures A First Book of ANSI C, Fourth Edition * Objectives Single Structures Arrays of Structures Passing and Returning Structures Unions (Optional) Common Programming and Compiler Errors A First Book of ANSI C, Fourth Edition * Introduction Each data item listed in Figure 12.1 is an entity by itself, called a data field Together, all the data fields form a single unit called a record In C, a record is referred to as a structure A First Book of ANSI C, Fourth Edition * Introduction (continued) A First Book of ANSI C, Fourth Edition * Introduction (continued) A structure’s form consists of the symbolic names, data types, and arrangement of individual data fields in the record The structure’s contents consist of the actual data stored in the symbolic names A First Book of ANSI C, Fourth Edition * Introduction (continued) A First Book of ANSI C, Fourth Edition * Single Structures Structure definition in C: struct { int month; int day; int year; } birth; Reserves storage for the individual data items listed in the structur