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Structure in C

 

A structure in C is a collection of elements of with different data types. An array allows for the definition type of variables that can hold several data items of the same kind. Similarly, the structure is another user-defined data type available in C that allows combining data items of different kinds.

 

C Structure is a collection of different data types which are grouped together and each element in a C structure is called a member.

  • If you want to access structure members in C, the structure variable should be declared.
  • Many structure variables can be declared for the same structure and memory will be allocated for each separately.
  • It is a best practice to initialize a structure to null while declaring if we don’t assign any values to structure members.

 

Difference Between C Variable, C Array, and C Structure

  • A normal C variable can hold only one data of one data type at a time.
  • An array can hold a group of data of the same data type.
  • A structure can hold a group of data of different data types and Data types can be int, char, float, double and long double, etc.