Chapter 9: Creating and Using Structures
When a number of different kinds of values all pertain to a single thing, we can keep them organized with structures. A structure is a user-defined type. There may be multiple values in a structure and they may be of the same type or different types. A structure, then, is a collection of information representing a complex object.
With structures, not only can we represent complex objects more realistically, but we can also create functions that manipulate the structure in relevant ways. Just as data within a structure is grouped together in a meaningful manner, we can also group functions that manipulate the structure together in meaningful ways.
C is not an object-oriented programming (OOP) language. ...
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