structure

structure is a user defined data types it is a collection of heterogenous elements (Data).

by default all members of structure are public structure contain only data members .

Referencing (calling ) structure elements -

once a structure variable has defined its members can  be occured through the use of dot opreator 

  example :

birth _date .year -1740

the structure variable name followed by period (.)and element name reference that indivisual structure element .

SYNTAX:

    structure _ name   element_name 

structure assignment is possible only if both structures are of same structure .

Nested Structure:-   A structure element can be complex or simple. The simple element are only  of the fundamental data type of C++ i.e.; int , char, float, double,. A structure consisiting of complex elements is called a complex structure. The nested structure are thus known as structure with a structure.