What is an Array ?
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USES OF STRUCTURE
Where are structures useful? The immediate application that comes to the mind is Database Management. That is, to maintain data about employees in an organization, books in a library, items in a store, financial accounting transactions in a company etc. But mind you, use of structures stretches much beyond database management. They can be used for a variety of purposes like:
- Changing the size of the cursor
- Clearing the contents of the screen
- Placing the cursor at an appropriate position on screen
- Drawing any graphics shape on the screen
- Receiving a key from the keyboard
- Checking the memory size of the computer
- Finding out the list of equipment attached to the computer
- Formatting a floppy
- Hiding a file from the directory
- Displaying the directory of a disk
- Sending the output to printer
- Interacting with the mouse
SUMMARY
- Structure is usually used when we wish to store dissimilar data together.
- Structure elements can be accessed through a structure variable using a dot (.) operator.
- Structure elements can be accessed through a pointer to a structure using the arrow (->) operator.
- All elements of one structure variable can be assigned to another structure variable using the assignment (=) operator.
- It is possible to pass a structure variable to a function either by value or by address.
- It is possible to create an array of structures.
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