How to Defining New Data Types in C explain with example

How to Defining New Data Types in C explain with example


typedef can also be used with structures. The following creates a new type agun which is of type struct gun and can be initialised as usual:



  typedef struct gun

                               {

                               char name[50];

                               int magazinesize;

                               float calibre;

                               } agun;



                agun arnies={"Uzi",30,7};

Here gun still acts as a tag to the struct and is optional. Indeed since we have defined a new data type it is not really of much use,

agun is the new data type. arnies is a variable of type agun which is a structure.

C also allows arrays of structures:



  typedef struct gun

                               {

                               char name[50];

                               int magazinesize;

                               float calibre;

                               } agun;



               agun arniesguns[1000];

This gives arniesguns a 1000 guns. This may be used in the following way:



          arniesguns[50].calibre=100;

gives Arnie's gun number 50 a calibre of 100mm, and:



          itscalibre=arniesguns[0].calibre;

assigns the calibre of Arnie's first gun to itscalibre.

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