Example of Structure Processing

#include <iostream.h>
/***********************************************
   File: struct1.C
   Assign values to members of a structured date
   then print them.
***********************************************/

struct date {
     int day;
     int month;
     int year;
};
typedef date Date;    

int main()
{
     Date today; //define Date variable today
     
     today.day = 31;
     today.month = 3;
     today.year = 1997;

     cout << "Today\'s date is " << today.day << ' '; 
     cout << today.month << ' ' << today.year << endl;
    
     exit(0);
}



#include <iostream.h>
/*********************************************************
  File: struct2.C
  Assign values to members of a structured date
  then print them. The structured date value is
  manipulated through pointers
*********************************************************/

struct date {
     int day;
     int month;
     int year;
};
typedef date Date;        /* variable and ...*/
typedef Date *Ptrdate;    /* ...pointer types */

int main()
{
     Date today; // Define Date variable today
     Ptrdate ptrdate; // Declare Date pointer ptrdate

     ptrdate = &today; // Point ptrdate to today
     ptrdate -> day      = 31;
     ptrdate -> month    = 3;
     ptrdate -> year     = 1997;

     cout << "Today\'s date is " << ptrdate->day << ' '; 
     cout << ptrdate->month << ' ' << ptrdate->year << endl;
    
     exit(0);
}