Defining a structure

Constructing a structure requires the usage of the struct keyword. Once you do that you can fill in as many variables as needed. Keep in mind you must put the structure itself outside of the main function.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
 
struct Computer {
	// String variables
  char model[50];
  char manufacturer[50];
  char color[100];
	
	// Integer variables
  int yearReleased;
	int numberOfKeys;  
};

int main() {
	//code goes here
}

Accessing a structure

Once a structure has been defined. It can now be used similar to any other variable or array. Accessing it requires to declare an entire structure to be declared.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

struct Computer {
	//code goes here
};

int main() {
	//Declaring the computer structure

	struct macBookPro Computer;
	struct alienWareR13 Computer;
	
	//Using strcpy since there are no strings in C in the default library
	strcpy(macBookPro.model, "MacBook");
  strcpy(macBookPro.manufacturer, "Apple"); 
  strcpy(macBookPro.color, "White");
  
	//Assigning values to each variable within the type computer
	macBookPro.yearReleased = 2021;
	macBookPro.numberOfKeys = 109;

	//Doing the same for the AlienWareR13
	strcpy(alienWareR13.model, "C Programming");
  strcpy(alienWareR13.manufacturer, "Nuha Ali"); 
  strcpy(alienWareR13.color, "C Programming Tutorial");

	alienWareR13.yearReleased = 2021;
	alienWareR13.numberOfKeys = 0;
	//Technically not including an external keyboard
}

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