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Data Structures Notes

The document provides detailed notes on data structures in C, covering structures, unions, pointers, and memory allocation. It includes syntax and examples for defining and initializing structures, using arrays within structures, and managing memory with both static and dynamic allocation. Key concepts such as accessing members and dereferencing pointers are also explained.

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Data Structures Notes

The document provides detailed notes on data structures in C, covering structures, unions, pointers, and memory allocation. It includes syntax and examples for defining and initializing structures, using arrays within structures, and managing memory with both static and dynamic allocation. Key concepts such as accessing members and dereferencing pointers are also explained.

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Data Structures in C - Detailed Notes

1. Structure Definition in C

A structure in C is a user-defined data type that allows grouping variables of different data types under a single name.

Syntax:

struct Student {

int id;

char name[50];

float marks;

};

2. Structure Initialization

Structures can be initialized at the time of declaration.

Example:

struct Student s1 = {101, "Anjali", 89.5};

Access members: s1.id, s1.name

3. Array as Structure

An array of structures allows storing multiple records of the same structure type.

Example:

struct Student students[5];

4. Array within Structure

A structure can contain arrays as its members to store strings or multiple values.

Example:

struct Student { char name[30]; };


Data Structures in C - Detailed Notes

5. Union in C

A union shares memory among its members; only one can hold a value at a time.

Example:

union Data { int i; float f; char str[20]; };

6. Understanding Pointers

A pointer is a variable that stores the address of another variable.

Example:

int a = 10; int *p = &a;

7. Declaring and Initializing Pointers

Declare with * and initialize with the address of a variable.

Example:

int *ptr = &x;

8. Accessing a Variable Through Pointer

Use * (dereferencing) to access the value stored at a pointer's address.

Example:

*ptr returns the value of x.

9. Static Memory Allocation

Memory is allocated at compile time. Size is fixed.

Example:
Data Structures in C - Detailed Notes

int arr[10];

10. Dynamic Memory Allocation

Memory allocated at runtime using malloc, calloc, etc.

Example:

int *ptr = (int *)malloc(5 * sizeof(int));

free(ptr);

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