Chapter 10.1, Problem 8STE

Program Plan Intro

Structure in C++:

Structure is a user defined datatype that is used to combine data items of different data types.

Defining a Structure:

In order to define a structure, the “struct” statement is used. This statement defines a new data type with more than one member.

struct [structure tag] {

    member definition;

    member definition;

    ...

    Member definition;

}[one or more structure variables];

Here, the “structure tag” is optional and each member definition is a normal variable definition. Specifying one or more structure variables at the end of the structure definition is also optional.

Given:

The type definition for “ShoeType” is as follows.

//Define a structure

struct ShoeType

{

    //Declare variables

    char style;

    double price;

};

The following function declaration is given.

ShoeType discount(ShoeType oldRecord);

//Returns a structure that is the same as its argument,

//but with the price reduced by 10%.