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C++ Primer Plus, Fourth Edition
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C++ Primer Plus, Fourth Edition

by Stephen Prata
November 2001
Beginner content levelBeginner
1128 pages
29h 12m
English
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Functions and Structures

Let's move from arrays to structures. It's easier to write functions for structures than for arrays. Although structure variables resemble arrays in that both can hold several data items, structure variables behave like basic, single-valued variables when it comes to functions. That is, unlike an array, a structure ties its data into a single entity that will be treated as a unit. Recall that you can assign one structure to another. Similarly, you can pass structures by value, just as you do with ordinary variables. In that case, the function works with a copy of the original structure. Also, a function can return a structure. There's no funny business like the name of an array being the address of its first element. ...

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