what is pointer to strutures in c with detailed example

Answer:

pointer which holds address of a structure is known as pointer to structure.

Example:

typedef struct jayawardene{

double mendis;

int *muralitharan;

}thushara;

void main(){

static int num=22;

thushara paranavitana={6.,&num};

thushara *kulasekara;

kulasekara=¶navitana;

clrscr();

printf("%d",*kulasekara->muralitharan);

getch();

}

Output: 22

Explanation:

Here kulasekara is pointer to structure jaywardene.