Chapter 11.10, Problem 11.14CP

Program Plan Intro

Structure:

In C++, the structure is a user-defined data type, which contains different type of elements with different lengths.

• The size of the structure is calculated by the total number of elements which is declared in a structure.
• Structure can be passed as a function argument in the same way as pass any other variable.
  • It can also be passed as a reference variable in a function argument.
• A structure can be returned by a function as a structure variable.
• A structure variable can also be defined as a pointer.

Syntax:

Syntax to declare a structure and passing structure as an argument is as follows:

struct struct_name1

{

member definition;

member definition;

…

member definition;

};

struct_name1 *struct_variable;

Pointer:

Pointer will allow the user to indirectly access and manipulate the data available in a variable. A pointer variable will hold the address of the data contents.

• If an asterisk “*” operator is placed before a variable then the variable is referred as a pointer variable.