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. However, OOP has been a primary focus of programming languages and programming since the early 1990s. It is extremely likely that after you learn C, you will, at the very least, be exposed to OOP concepts. Therefore, after we learn about...