C Programming - Pointers - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Pointers - General Questions (Q.No. 5)
5.
If a variable is a pointer to a structure, then which of the following operator is used to access data members of the structure through the pointer variable?
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Siddhant said:
1 decade ago
For structure...we have to point to the struct variables's data member..that why..-> is used....in structure for pointer representation.
Jatin said:
1 decade ago
Here we can use arrow operator to access structure members without creating structure variable that's why we used -> (arrow) operator.
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Pramod shinde said:
1 decade ago
Finaly to normal structure variable we can use "."operator and to pointer type variable we can use "->"Operator.
Supriya said:
1 decade ago
Can any one help me by telling how execute programs on India bix (c) through online compiler by giving my own input at command prompt.
Ranjansharan said:
1 decade ago
Can anybody say what is the actual difference, when we acces the member of struct by using "." operator & "->" operator ?
Vijaya said:
1 decade ago
When we create structure as a pointer, we have to access those structure members with structure object->structure variable.
Dhanalakshmi said:
1 decade ago
An individual structure member can be accessed in terms of its corresponding pointer variable by writing.
ptr -> member.
ptr -> member.
Appala prathyusha said:
1 decade ago
In the ex given by @Puja I have executed the program in online C compiler and executor. I got the output 0.
Sanket joshi said:
1 decade ago
. operator use when we have to acces stru member with array.
-> when we have to acces with pointer.
-> when we have to acces with pointer.
Rakesh said:
1 decade ago
@sidesh:
In the above code instead of writing t->val=20;,
we can write
(*t).value=20; thats it..
In the above code instead of writing t->val=20;,
we can write
(*t).value=20; thats it..
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