VII Advanced C

		Chapter 22 Introduction to Structures

		Using structures, you have the ability to group data and work with that data as a whole. Business data processing uses the concepts of structures in almost every program. Being able to manipulate several variables as a single group makes your programs easier to manage.

		This chapter teaches you the following topics:

		Structure definitions

		Initializing structures

		The dot operator (.)

		Structure assignments

		Nested structures