What are structures?

Structure is a heterogeneous collection of elements referenced by the same name. A structure is declared using the struct keyword. The following is an example that creates a structure to store an employee's information:

struct emp

  {

       fixed int empID[15];

       fixed char name[30];

       fixed char addr[50];

       fixed char dept[15];

       fixed char desig[15];

  }

The preceding example defines a structure emp and the members of this structure specify the information of an employee.