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This document discusses structures in computer programming. Structures allow grouping of related variables of different data types under a single name. This helps organize complicated data, especially in large programs, by treating grouped variables as a single unit rather than separate entities. A structure contains multiple data types and can be declared by specifying the data types. Individual elements within a structure are accessed using the structure name and element name joined by a period. Structures can also be nested by making elements themselves structures, and can include arrays.

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Lec 11

This document discusses structures in computer programming. Structures allow grouping of related variables of different data types under a single name. This helps organize complicated data, especially in large programs, by treating grouped variables as a single unit rather than separate entities. A structure contains multiple data types and can be declared by specifying the data types. Individual elements within a structure are accessed using the structure name and element name joined by a period. Structures can also be nested by making elements themselves structures, and can include arrays.

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CST 281­1

Computer Programming
Laboratory Session 11
Structures
 A structure is a collection of one or more
variables, possibly of different types, grouped
together under a single name for convenient
handling. (Structures are called ``records'' in
some languages.)

 Structures help to organize complicated data,


particularly in large programs, because they
permit a group of related variables to be treated
as a unit instead of as separate entities.
Structures
 A STRUCTURE contains a number of data types
grouped together. These data types may not be of the
same type.
Declaration: (Example)
struct employee
{
int emp_no;
char name[20];
float salary;
} emp1,emp2,emp3;
Accessing Structure Elements
 Example:
emp1.emp no;
emp1.name;
emp1.salary;

emp2.emp_no;
emp2.name;
emp2.salary
Example of a structure

 The payroll record: an employee is described


by a set of attributes such as name, address,
social security number, salary, etc. Some of
these in turncould be structures: a name has
several components, as does an address and
even a salary.
Structures Example
Nested Structures
Structures with Array
END

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