Declaring a structure "struct my_struct"

Declaring a structure "typedef my_struct"

Declaring struct my_struct variables

Declaring a my_struct variable

intro

the struct

why we need "struct xxxx" for a variable type

what is typedef

typedef with a struct

shorter version with typedef struct

even shorter version with nameless struct

summary, C practices

Typedef Syntax

Benefits of typedef

Summary

Defining a structure type using typedef

Conclusion

A struct declaration with typedef

struct structname vs typedef typename

Example structure declarations

Defining a struct that has a pointer to its type

Printing the structures

Review & best practices

Struct

Create a Struct

Variables

Type Def or Type Definition

To Create an Array of Structs

What is typedef?

Typedef with a struct

Conclusion

Example of typedef

Using typedef with user-defined data types

What happens if you remove typedef?

What does typedef do?

Stdint library

Conclusion

Typedef

Example of a Structure

Typedef with an Enum

Declaring a struct variable

Print a struct variable

Creating a function to create a smart array

The arrow operator

Initializing the array

Populating a smart array

Printing the array

Conclusion

What Are Structs

Why We Need To Know Structs

Variables

Create a Template

Structure Tag

Declare Variables

Structure Variable

Initialize the New Data Type

Dynamic Memory Allocation

Arrow Notation

Declaring a struct

Initializing values

Assigning values to uninitialized variables

Compile and run

Explaining typedef

How to use typedef

Using typedef on a structure

Struct and typedef example

Conclusion

Structs are Structures / Compound Data Types to group related variables

The syntax of struct declarations in C with an example Point declaration with two members

Declaring variables of struct types requires awareness of struct namespace

Accessing members of a struct value using the dot operator

Struct values are stack values by default and are located local within automatic stack memory

Zero initializing C struct members with zeros with C99 standard initialization to 0s

Initializing C struct members with specific values in curly braces

Introduction to the typedef operator for aliasing types in C

Using typedef with C struct types for shorter, more natural data typing in your programs

Using typedef to alias and declare a C struct in a single statement

Why is the name of a C struct repeated twice in a typedef statement?

Challenge problem tracing code with struct values.

Using struct values by accessing and assigning to its members

Copying all members of a C struct from to another variable or memory location

Be careful of the difference between a copy of a struct and a pointer to a struct

Accessing members of pointers to structs with C's Arrow Syntax for dereferencing

Next steps with structs: writing functions that work with structs using common C idioms

Defining a type with typedef

Enumeration types (enum)

Aggregate types (struct)

unions

Size of structs & unions

Namespace overview

Namespace example

Corrected example

Typedef practice

Declaring and using struct_gamma

Dynamic memory allocation example

What is MDNS?

Encoding integers for networking

Assigning values to a type

Are decimal integers Big Endian or Little Endian?

Typedef rule

Scaling

Practical Example

Variables with units

Create a new type