Data Structures Using C, 2nd Edition by Pearson

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1.13.4 Initializing Structures

When a structure variable is declared, its data members are not initialized and, therefore, contain unde-

fined values. Similar to arrays, the structure variables can also be initialized. For instance, the structure

shown in Figure 1.10 can be declared and initialized as shown below:

struct student

{

char name[20];

int age;

int roll;

char class[5];

};

/* Initialize variable of type student*/

struct student stud1 = {“SACHIN KUMAR”, 18, 10196,” CE41”};

Please notice that the values are enclosed within curly braces. The values are assigned to the mem-

bers of the structure ...