Arrays of Structures - C Structure

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Arrays of Structures

Demo Code

#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>

typedef struct Horse Horse;            // Define Horse as a type name

struct Horse                           // Structure type definition
{
  int age;// w  ww.ja v a  2s.c o m
  int height;
  char name[20];
  char father[20];
  char mother[20];
};

int main(void){
  Horse my_horses[50];                 // Array of Horse elements
  int hcount = 0;                      // Count of the number of horses
  char test = '\0';                    // Test value for ending

  for(hcount = 0 ; hcount < sizeof(my_horses)/ sizeof(Horse) ; ++hcount) {
    printf("another (Y or N)? ");
    scanf(" %c", &test, sizeof(test));
    if(tolower(test) == 'n')
       break;

    printf("Enter the name of the horse: " );
    scanf("%s", my_horses[hcount].name, sizeof(my_horses[hcount].name));

    printf("How old is %s? ", my_horses[hcount].name );
    scanf("%d", &my_horses[hcount].age);

    printf("How high is %s ( in hands )? ", my_horses[hcount].name);
    scanf("%d", &my_horses[hcount].height);

    printf("Who is %s's father? ", my_horses[hcount].name);
    scanf("%s", my_horses[hcount].father, sizeof(my_horses[hcount].father));

    printf("Who is %s's mother? ", my_horses[hcount].name);
    scanf("%s", my_horses[hcount].mother, sizeof(my_horses[hcount].mother));
  }
  // Now tell them what we know.
  printf("\n");
  for (int i = 0 ; i < hcount ; ++i){
     printf("%s is %d years old, %d hands high,", my_horses[i].name, my_horses[i].age, my_horses[i].height);
     printf(" and has %s and %s as parents.\n", my_horses[i].father, my_horses[i].mother);
  }
  return 0;
}

Result


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