Pointer to Array of Structure in C Programming

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Pointer to Array of Structure

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1. Pointer Variable can also Store the Address of the Structure Variable.
2. Pointer to Array of Structure stores the Base address of the Structure array.
3. Suppose

struct Cricket
{
    char team1[20];
    char team2[20];
    char ground[18];
    int result;
}match[4] = {
              {"IND","AUS","PUNE",1},
              {"IND","PAK","NAGPUR",1},
              {"IND","NZ","MUMBAI",0},
              {"IND","SA","DELHI",1}
            };

4. Pointer Is Declared and initialized as ---

struct Cricket *ptr = match

5. Here the address of match[0] is stored in pointer Variable ptr.

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Program Main Function :

void main() 
{
struct Cricket *ptr = match;   // By default match[0] 
for(i=0;i<4;i++)
    {
    printf("\nMatch : %d",i+1); 
    printf("\n%s Vs %s",ptr->team1,ptr->team2); 
    printf("\nPlace : %s",ptr->ground); 
    if(match[i].result == 1)
          printf("\nWinner : %s",ptr->team1);
    else
          printf("\nWinner : %s",ptr->team1);
    printf("\n");
    // Move Pointer to next structure element
    ptr++;  
    }
} 

Output :

Match : 1
IND Vs AUS
Place : PUNE
Winner : IND
Match : 2
IND Vs PAK
Place : NAGPUR
Winner : IND
Match : 3
IND Vs NZ
Place : MUMBAI
Winner : NZ
Match : 4
IND Vs SA
Place : DELHI
Winner : IND

You can Write above Program :

void main() 
{
struct Cricket *ptr = match;   // By default match[0] 
for(i=0;i<4;i++)
    {
    printf("\nMatch : %d",i+1); 
    printf("\n%s Vs %s",ptr->team1,ptr->team2); 
    printf("\nPlace : %s",ptr->ground); 
    printf("\nWinner : %s",ptr->team1);
    printf("\n");
    // Move Pointer to next structure element
    ptr++;  
    }
} 

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Tags / Keywords : | array Structure, Pointer, Pointer to array, structure

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