UNIT-II ARRAYS AND STRINGS

Contents

Single and Multidimensional Arrays: Array Declaration and Initialization of arrays . Strings:
Initialization and String handling functions. Structure and Union: Definition and Declaration -
Nested Structures, Array of Structures, Union.

ARRAYS
Introduction:
So far we have used only single variable name for storing one data item. If we need to store
multiple copies of the same data then it is very difficult for the user. To overcome the difficulty a
new data structure is used called arrays.
An array is a linear and homogeneous data structure
An array permits homogeneous data. It means that similar types of elements are stored
contiguously in the memory under one variable name.
An array can be declared of any standard or custom data type.
Example of an Array:
Suppose we have to store the roll numbers of the 100 students the we have to declare 100
variables named as roll1, roll2, roll3, ……. roll100 which is very difficult job. Concept of C
programming arrays is introduced in C which gives the capability to store the 100 roll numbers
in the contiguous memory which has 100 blocks and which can be accessed by single variable
name.
1. C Programming Arrays is the Collection of Elements
2. C Programming Arrays is collection of the Elements of the same data type.
3. All Elements are stored in the Contiguous memory
4. All elements in the array are accessed using the subscript variable (index).
Pictorial representation of C Programming Arrays

The above array is declared as int a [5];

a[0] = 4; a[1] = 5; a[2] = 33; a[3] = 13; a[4] = 1;
In the above figure 4, 5, 33, 13, 1 are actual data items. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 are index variables.
Index or Subscript Variable:
1. Individual data items can be accessed by the name of the array and an integer enclosed
in square bracket called subscript variable / index
 2. Subscript Variables helps us to identify the item number to be accessed in the
contiguous memory.
What is Contiguous Memory?
1. When Big Block of memory is reserved or allocated then that memory block is called as
Contiguous Memory Block.
2. Alternate meaning of Contiguous Memory is continuous memory.
3. Suppose inside memory we have reserved 1000-1200 memory addresses for special
purposes then we can say that these 200 blocks are going to reserve contiguous
memory.
Contiguous Memory Allocation
1. Two registers are used while implementing the contiguous memory scheme. These
registers are base register and limit register.
2. When OS is executing a process inside the main memory then content of each register
are as

Register Content of register

Base register Starting address of the memory location where

process execution is happening

Limit register Total amount of memory in bytes consumed by

process

Here diagram 1 represents the contiguous allocation of memory and diagram 2 represents non-
contiguous allocation of memory.
3. When process try to refer a part of the memory then it will firstly refer the base address
from base register and then it will refer relative address of memory location with respect
to base address.
How to allocate contiguous memory?
1. Using static array declaration.
2. Using alloc ( ) / malloc ( ) function to allocate big chunk of memory dynamically.
Array Terminologies:
Size: Number of elements or capacity to store elements in an array. It is always mentioned in
square brackets [ ].
Type: Refers to data type. It decides which type of element is stored in the array. It is also
instructing the compiler to reserve memory according to the data type.
Base: The address of the first element is a base address. The array name itself stores address
of the first element.
Index: The array name is used to refer to the array element. For example num[x], num is array
and x is index. The value of x begins from 0.The index value is always an integer value.
Range: Value of index of an array varies from lower bound to upper bound. For example in
num[100] the range of index is 0 to 99.
Word: It indicates the space required for an element. In each memory location, computer can
store a data piece. The space occupation varies from machine to machine. If the size of
element is more than word (one byte) then it occupies two successive memory locations. The
variables of data type int, float, long need more than one byte in memory.
Characteristics of an array:
1. The declaration int a [5] is nothing but creation of five variables of integer types in
memory instead of declaring five variables for five values.
2. All the elements of an array share the same name and they are distinguished from one
another with the help of the element number.
3. The element number in an array plays a major role for calling each element.
4. Any particular element of an array can be modified separately without disturbing the
other elements.
5. Any element of an array a[ ] can be assigned or equated to another ordinary variable or
array variable of its type.
6. Array elements are stored in contiguous memory locations.
Array Declaration:
Array has to be declared before using it in C Program. Array is nothing but the collection of
elements of similar data types.
Syntax: <data type> array name [size1][size2] [sizen];

Syntax Parameter Significance

Data type Data Type of Each Element of the array

Array name Valid variable name

 Size Dimensions of the Array
Array declaration requirements
Requirement Explanation
Data Type specifies the type of the array. We can compute the size
Data Type
required for storing the single cell of array.

Valid identifier is any valid variable or name given to the array.

Valid Identifier
Using this identifier name array can be accessed.

Size of Array It is maximum size that array can have.

What does Array Declaration tell to Compiler?
1. Type of the Array
2. Name of the Array
3. Number of Dimension
4. Number of Elements in Each Dimension

Types of Array
1. Single Dimensional Array / One Dimensional Array
2. Multi Dimensional Array

Single / One Dimensional Array:

1. Single or One Dimensional array is used to represent and store data in a linear form.
2. Array having only one subscript variable is called One-Dimensional array
3. It is also called as Single Dimensional Array or Linear
Array Single Dimensional Array Declaration and initialization:
Syntax for declaration: <data type> <array name> [size];
Examples for declaration: int iarr[3]; char carr[20]; float farr[3];
Syntax for initialization: <data type> <array name> [size] = {val1, val2, …, valn};
Examples for initialization:
int iarr[3] = {2, 3, 4};
char carr[20] = “program”;
float farr[3] = {12.5, 13.5, 14.5};
Different Methods of Initializing 1-D Array
Whenever we declare an array, we initialize that array directly at compile time.
Initializing 1-D Array is called as compiler time initialization if and only if we assign certain set of
values to array element before executing program. i.e. at compilation time.

Here we are learning the different ways of compile time initialization of an array.
Ways of Array Initializing 1-D Array:
1. Size is Specified Directly
2. Size is Specified Indirectly
Method 1: Array Size Specified Directly
In this method, we try to specify the Array Size directly.
int num [5] = {2,8,7,6,0};
In the above example we have specified the size of array as 5 directly in the initialization
statement. Compiler will assign the set of values to particular element of the array.
num[0] = 2; num[1] = 8; num[2] = 7; num[3] = 6; num[4] = 0;
As at the time of compilation all the elements are at specified position So This initialization
scheme is Called as “Compile Time Initialization“.
Graphical Representation:

Method 2: Size Specified Indirectly

In this scheme of compile time Initialization, We do not provide size to an array but instead we
provide set of values to the array.
int num[ ] = {2,8,7,6,0};
Explanation:
1. Compiler Counts the Number Of Elements Written Inside Pair of Braces and Determines
the Size of An Array.
2. After counting the number of elements inside the braces, The size of array is considered
as 5 during complete execution.
3. This type of Initialization Scheme is also Called as “Compile Time Initialization“
Example Program
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
int num[] = {2,8,7,6,0};
int i;
for (i=0;i<5;i++) {
printf(“\n Array Element num [%d] = %d”,i, num[i]); }
return 0; }
Output:
Array Element num[0] = 2
Array Element num[1] = 8
Array Element num[2] = 7
Array Element num[3] = 6
Array Element num[4] = 0

Accessing Array
1. We all know that array elements are randomly accessed using the subscript variable.
2. Array can be accessed using array-name and subscript variable written inside pair of
square brackets [ ].
Consider the below example of an array

In this example we will be accessing array like

this arr[3] = Forth Element of Array
arr[5] = Sixth Element of Array
whereas elements are assigned to an array using below way
arr[0] = 51; arr[1] = 32; arr[2] = 43; arr[3] = 24; arr[4] = 5; arr[5] =26;
Example Program1: Accessing array
#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
void main()
{
int arr[] = {51,32,43,24,5,26};
int i;
for(i=0; i<=5; i++) {
printf("\nElement at arr[%d] is %d",i,arr[i]);
}
getch();
}
Output:
Element at arr[0] is 51
Element at arr[1] is 32
Element at arr[2] is 43
Element at arr[3] is 24
Element at arr[4] is 5
Element at arr[5] is 26
How a[i] Works?
We have following array which is declared like int arr[] = { 51,32,43,24,5,26};
As we have elements in an array, so we have track of base address of an array. Below things are
important to access an array.

Expression Description Example

arr It returns the base address of an array Consider 2000

*arr It gives zeroth element of an array 51

 Expression Description Example

*(arr+0) It also gives zeroth element of an array 51

*(arr+1) It gives first element of an array 32

So whenever we tried accessing array using arr[i] then it returns an element at the location*(arr
+ i)
Accessing array a[i] means retrieving element from address (a + i).
Example Program2: Accessing array
#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
void main()
{
int arr[] = {51,32,43,24,5,26};
int i;
for(i=0; i<=5; i++) {
printf("\n%d %d %d %d",arr[i],*(i+arr),*(arr+i),i[arr]);
}
getch();
}
Output:
51 51 51 51
32 32 32 32
43 43 43 43
24 24 24 24
5 5 5 5
26 26 26 26
Operations with One Dimensional Array
1. Deletion – Involves deleting specified elements form an array.
2. Insertion – Used to insert an element at a specified position in an array.
3. Searching – An array element can be searched. The process of seeking specific
elements in an array is called searching.
 4. Merging – The elements of two arrays are merged into a single one.
5. Sorting – Arranging elements in a specific order either in ascending or in descending
order.
Example Programs:
1. C Program for deletion of an element from the specified location
from an Array
#include<stdio.h>
int main() {
int arr[30], num, i, loc;
printf("\nEnter no of
elements:"); scanf("%d", &num);
//Read elements in an array
printf("\nEnter %d elements :",
num); for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
scanf("%d", &arr[i]); }
//Read the location
printf("\nLocation of the element to be deleted :");
scanf("%d", &loc);
/* loop for the deletion */
while (loc < num) {
arr[loc - 1] =
arr[loc]; loc++; }
num--; // No of elements reduced by 1
//Print Array
for (i = 0; i < num;
i++) printf("\n %d",
arr[i]); return (0);
}
Output:
Enter no of elements: 5
Enter 5 elements: 3 4 1 7 8
Location of the element to be deleted:
3 3 4 7 8
2. C Program to delete duplicate elements from an array
int main() {
int arr[20], i, j, k, size;
printf("\nEnter array size:
"); scanf("%d", &size);
printf("\nAccept Numbers: ");
for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
scanf("%d", &arr[i]);
printf("\nArray with Unique list:
"); for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
for (j = i + 1; j < size;) {
if (arr[j] == arr[i]) {
for (k = j; k < size; k++) {
arr[k] = arr[k + 1]; }
size--;
} else
j++; }
}
for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
printf("%d ", arr[i]); }
return (0);
}
Output:
Enter array size: 5
Accept Numbers: 1 3 4 5
3
Array with Unique list: 1 3 4 5
3. C Program to insert an element in an array
#include<stdio.h>
int main() {
int arr[30], element, num, i,
location; printf("\nEnter no of
elements:"); scanf("%d", &num);
for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
scanf("%d", &arr[i]); }
printf("\nEnter the element to be inserted:");
scanf("%d", &element);
printf("\nEnter the
location"); scanf("%d",
&location);
//Create space at the specified
location for (i = num; i >= location;
i--) { arr[i] = arr[i - 1]; }
num++;
arr[location - 1] = element;
//Print out the result of
insertion for (i = 0; i < num;
i++)
printf("n %d", arr[i]);
return (0);
}
Output:
Enter no of elements: 5
1 2 3 4 5
Enter the element to be inserted:
6 Enter the location: 2
1 6 2 3 4 5
4. C Program to search an element in an array
#include<stdio.h>
int main() {
int a[30], ele, num, i;
printf("\nEnter no of
elements:"); scanf("%d", &num);
printf("\nEnter the values
:"); for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
{ scanf("%d", &a[i]); }
//Read the element to be searched
printf("\nEnter the elements to be searched
:"); scanf("%d", &ele);
//Search starts from the zeroth
location i = 0;
while (i < num && ele != a[i])
{ i++; }
//If i < num then Match
found if (i < num) {
printf("Number found at the location = %d", i + 1);
}
else {
printf("Number not found"); }
return (0);
}
Output:
Enter no of elements: 5
11 22 33 44 55
Enter the elements to be searched:
44 Number found at the location = 4
5. C Program to copy all elements of an array into another array
#include<stdio.h>
int main() {
int arr1[30], arr2[30], i, num;
printf("\nEnter no of
elements:"); scanf("%d", &num);
//Accepting values into Array
printf("\nEnter the
values:");
for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
scanf("%d", &arr1[i]); }
/* Copying data from array 'a' to array 'b */
for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
arr2[i] = arr1[i]; }
//Printing of all elements of
array printf("The copied array
is:"); for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
printf("\narr2[%d] = %d", i,
arr2[i]); return (0);
}
Output:
Enter no of elements: 5
Enter the values: 11 22 33 44 55
The copied array is: 11 22 33 44 55
6. C program to merge two arrays in C Programming
#include<stdio.h>
int main() {
int arr1[30], arr2[30], res[60];
int i, j, k, n1, n2;
printf("\nEnter no of elements in 1st array:");
scanf("%d", &n1);
for (i = 0; i < n1; i++)
{ scanf("%d", &arr1[i]);
}
printf("\nEnter no of elements in 2nd array:");
scanf("%d", &n2);
for (i = 0; i < n2; i++)
{ scanf("%d", &arr2[i]);
} i = 0;
j = 0;
k = 0;
// Merging starts
while (i < n1 && j < n2)
{ if (arr1[i] <= arr2[j])
{
res[k] =
arr1[i]; i++;
k++; }
else {
res[k] =
arr2[j]; k++;
j++; }
}
/*Some elements in array 'arr1' are still remaining where as the array
'arr2' is exhausted*/
while (i < n1) {
res[k] =
arr1[i]; i++;
k++; }
/*Some elements in array 'arr2' are still remaining where as the array
'arr1' is exhausted */
while (j < n2) {
res[k] =
arr2[j]; k++;
j++; }
//Displaying elements of array
'res' printf("\nMerged array is:");
for (i = 0; i < n1 + n2;
i++) printf("%d ", res[i]);
return (0);
}
Enter no of elements in 1st array:
4 11 22 33 44
Enter no of elements in 2nd array:
3 10 40 80
Merged array is: 10 11 22 33 40 44 80

1. C Program to display array elements with addresses

#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h
> #define size 10
int main() {
int a[3] = { 11, 22, 33 };
printf("\n a[0],value=%d : address=%u", a[0], &a[0]);
printf("\n a[1],value=%d : address=%u", a[1], &a[1]);
printf("\n a[2],value=%d : address=%u", a[2], &a[2]);
return (0);
}
Output:
a[0],value=11 :
address=2358832 a[1],value=22
: address=2358836
a[2],value=33 :
address=2358840
2. C Program for Reading and printing Array Elements
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int i, arr[50], num;
printf("\nEnter no of elements
:"); scanf("%d", &num);
//Reading values into Array
printf("\nEnter the values
:"); for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
{ scanf("%d", &arr[i]); }
//Printing of all elements of array
for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
printf("\narr[%d] = %d", i, arr[i]); }
return (0);
}
Output:
Enter no of elements : 5
Enter the values : 10 20 30 40 50
arr[0] = 10
arr[1] = 20
arr[2] = 30
arr[3] = 40
arr[4] = 50
3. C Program to calculate addition of all elements in an array
#include<stdio.h>
int main() {
int i, arr[50], sum, num;
printf("\nEnter no of elements
:"); scanf("%d", &num);
//Reading values into Array
printf("\nEnter the values
:"); for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
scanf("%d", &arr[i]);
//Computation of total
sum = 0;
for (i = 0; i < num;
i++) sum = sum + arr[i];
//Printing of all elements of
array for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
printf("\na[%d]=%d", i, arr[i]);
//Printing of total
printf("\nSum=%d", sum);
return (0);
}
Output:
Enter no of elements : 3
Enter the values : 11 22 33
a[0]=11
a[1]=22
a[2]=33
Sum=66
4. C Program to find smallest element in an array
#include<stdio.h>
int main() {
int a[30], i, num, smallest;
printf("\nEnter no of elements
:"); scanf("%d", &num);
//Read n elements in an
array for (i = 0; i < num;
i++) scanf("%d", &a[i]);
//Consider first element as
smallest smallest = a[0];
for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
if (a[i] < smallest) {
smallest = a[i]; } }
// Print out the Result
printf("\nSmallest Element : %d", smallest);
return (0);
}
Output:
Enter no of elements : 5
11 44 22 55 99
Smallest Element : 11
5. C Program to find largest element in an array
#include<stdio.h>
int main() {
int a[30], i, num, largest;
printf("\nEnter no of elements
:"); scanf("%d", &num);
//Read n elements in an
array for (i = 0; i < num;
i++) scanf("%d", &a[i]);
//Consider first element as
largest largest = a[0];
for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
if (a[i] > largest) {
largest = a[i]; } }
// Print out the Result
printf("\nLargest Element : %d", largest);
return (0);
}
Output:
Enter no of elements : 5
11 55 33 77 22
Largest Element : 77
6. C Program to reverse an array elements in an array
#include<stdio.h>
int main() {
int arr[30], i, j, num, temp;
printf("\nEnter no of elements :
"); scanf("%d", &num);
//Read elements in an
array for (i = 0; i < num;
i++) { scanf("%d",
&arr[i]); }
j = i - 1; // j will Point to last Element
i = 0; // i will be pointing to first
element while (i < j) {
temp = arr[i];
arr[i] =
arr[j]; arr[j]
= temp;
i++; // increment i
j--; // decrement j
}
//Print out the Result of Insertion
printf("\nResult after reversal :
"); for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
printf("%d \t", arr[i]); }
return (0);
}
Output:
Enter no of elements : 5
11 22 33 44 55
Result after reversal : 55 44 33 22 11

Multi Dimensional Array:

1. Array having more than one subscript variable is called Multi-Dimensional array.
2. Multi Dimensional Array is also called as Matrix.
Syntax: <data type> <array name> [row subscript][column subscript];

Example: Two Dimensional Arrays

Declaration: Char name[50][20];
Initialization:
int a[3][3] = { 1, 2, 3
5, 6, 7
8, 9, 0};
In the above example we are declaring 2D array which has 2 dimensions. First dimension will
refer the row and 2nd dimension will refer the column.
Example: Three Dimensional
Arrays Declaration: Char
name[80][20][40];
The following information are given by the compiler after the declaration

Array Dimension No. of Elements in

Example Type Name No. Each Dimension

1 integer roll 1 10

2 character name 2 80 and 20

3 character name 3 80 and 20 and 40

Two Dimensional Arrays:

1. Two Dimensional Array requires Two Subscript Variables
2. Two Dimensional Array stores the values in the form of matrix.
3. One Subscript Variable denotes the “Row” of a matrix.
4. Another Subscript Variable denotes the “Column” of a matrix.

Declaration and use of 2D Arrays:

int a[3][4];
for(i=0;i<row,i++)
for(j=0;j<col,j++) {
printf("%d",a[i][j]); }
Meaning of Two Dimensional Arrays:
1. Matrix is having 3 rows ( i takes value from 0 to 2 )
2. Matrix is having 4 Columns ( j takes value from 0 to 3 )
3. Above Matrix 3×4 matrix will have 12 blocks having 3 rows & 4 columns.
4. Name of 2-D array is „a„ and each block is identified by the row & column number.
5. Row number and Column Number Starts from 0.
Two-Dimensional Arrays: Summary with Sample Example:

Summary Point Explanation

No of Subscript Variables Required 2

Declaration a[3][4]

No of Rows 3

No of Columns 4

No of Cells 12

No of for loops required to iterate 2

Memory Representation:
1. 2-D arrays are stored in contiguous memory location row wise.
2. 3 X 3 Array is shown below in the first Diagram.
3. Consider 3×3 Array is stored in Contiguous memory location which starts from 4000.
4. Array element a[0][0] will be stored at address 4000 again a[0][1] will be stored to next
memory location i.e. Elements stored row-wise
5. After Elements of First Row are stored in appropriate memory locations, elements of
next row get their corresponding memory locations.
 6. This is integer array so each element requires 2 bytes of memory.
Basic Memory Address Calculation:
a[0][1] = a[0][0] + Size of Data Type

Element Memory Location

a[0][0] 4000

a[0][1] 4002

a[0][2] 4004

a[1][0] 4006

a[1][1] 4008

a[1][2] 4010

a[2][0] 4012

a[2][1] 4014

a[2][2] 4016
Initializing 2D Array

Method 1: Initializing all Elements row wise

For initializing 2D Array we need to assign values to each element of an array using the below
syntax.
int a[3][2] = { {1, 4}, {5, 2}, {6, 5} };
Example Program
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int i, j;
int a[3][2] = { { 1, 4 }, { 5, 2 }, { 6, 5 } };
for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
{ for (j = 0; j < 2;
j++) { printf("%d ",
a[i][j]); }
printf("\n"); }
return 0;
}
Output:
1 4
5 2
6 5
We have declared an array of size 3 X 2, it contains overall 6 elements.
Row 1: {1, 4},
Row 2: {5, 2},
Row 3: {6, 5}
We have initialized each row independently
a[0][0] = 1
a[0][1] = 4
Method 2: Combine and Initializing 2D Array
Initialize all Array elements but initialization is much straight forward. All values are assigned
sequentially and row-wise
int a[3][2] = {1 , 4 , 5 , 2 , 6 , 5 };
Example Program:
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
int i, j;
int a[3][2] = { 1, 4, 5, 2, 6, 5 };
for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
printf("%d ", a[i][j]); }
printf("\n"); }
return 0;
}
Output:
1 4
5 2
6 5
Method 3: Some Elements could be initialized
int a[3][2] = { { 1 }, { 5 , 2 }, { 6 } };
Now we have again going with the way 1 but we are removing some of the elements from the
array. Uninitialized elements will get default 0 value. In this case we have declared and
initialized 2-D array like this
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
int i, j;
int a[3][2] = { { 1 }, { 5, 2 }, { 6 }};
for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
{ for (j = 0; j < 2;
j++) { printf("%d ",
a[i][j]); }
printf("\n"); }
return 0;
}
Output:
1 0
5 2
6 0
Accessing 2D Array Elements:
1. To access every 2D array we requires 2 Subscript variables.
2. i – Refers the Row number
3. j – Refers Column Number
4. a[1][0] refers element belonging to first row and zeroth
column Example Program: Accept & Print 2×2 Matrix
from user #include<stdio.h>
int main() {
int i, j, a[3][3];
// i : For Counting Rows
// j : For Counting Columns
for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
printf("\nEnter the a[%d][%d] = ", i, j);
scanf("%d", &a[i][j]); } }
//Print array elements
for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
{ for (j = 0; j < 3;
j++) {
printf("%d\t", a[i][j]); }
printf("\n"); }
return (0);
}
How it Works?
1. For Every value of row Subscript , the column Subscript incremented from 0 to n-1
columns
2. i.e. For Zeroth row it will accept zeroth, first, second column (a[0][0], a[0][1], a[0][2])
elements
3. In Next Iteration Row number will be incremented by 1 and the column number again
initialized to 0.

4. Accessing 2-D Array: a[i][j] 🡪 Element From ith Row and jth Column

Example programs for practice:

1. C Program for addition of two matrices
2. C Program to find inverse of 3 X # Matrix
3. C Program to Multiply two 3 X 3 Matrices
4. C Program to check whether matrix is magic square or not?

1. C Program for addition of two matrices

#include<stdio.h>
int main() {
int i, j, mat1[10][10], mat2[10][10], mat3[10][10];
int row1, col1, row2, col2;
printf("\nEnter the number of Rows of Mat1 : ");
scanf("%d", &row1);
printf("\nEnter the number of Cols of Mat1 : ");
scanf("%d", &col1);
printf("\nEnter the number of Rows of Mat2 : ");
scanf("%d", &row2);
printf("\nEnter the number of Columns of Mat2 : ");
scanf("%d", &col2);
/* before accepting the Elements Check if no of rows and columns of
both matrices is equal */
if (row1 != row2 || col1 != col2) {
printf("\nOrder of two matrices is not same ");
exit(0); }
//Accept the Elements in Matrix
1 for (i = 0; i < row1; i++) {
for (j = 0; j < col1; j++) {
printf("Enter the Element a[%d][%d] : ", i, j);
scanf("%d", &mat1[i][j]); } }
//Accept the Elements in Matrix
2 for (i = 0; i < row2; i++)
for (j = 0; j < col2; j++) {
printf("Enter the Element b[%d][%d] : ", i, j);
scanf("%d", &mat2[i][j]); }
//Addition of two matrices
for (i = 0; i < row1; i++)
for (j = 0; j < col1; j++) {
mat3[i][j] = mat1[i][j] + mat2[i][j];}
//Print out the Resultant Matrix
printf("\nThe Addition of two Matrices is : \n");
for (i = 0; i < row1; i++) {
for (j = 0; j < col1; j++) {
printf("%d\t", mat3[i][j]); }
printf("\n"); }
return (0);
}
Output:
Enter the number of Rows of Mat1 : 3
Enter the number of Columns of Mat1 :
3
Enter the number of Rows of Mat2 : 3
Enter the number of Columns of Mat2 : 3
Enter the Element a[0][0] : 1
Enter the Element a[0][1] : 2
Enter the Element a[0][2] : 3
Enter the Element a[1][0] : 2
Enter the Element a[1][1] : 1
Enter the Element a[1][2] : 1
Enter the Element a[2][0] : 1
Enter the Element a[2][1] : 2
Enter the Element a[2][2] : 1
Enter the Element b[0][0] : 1
Enter the Element b[0][1] : 2
Enter the Element b[0][2] : 3
Enter the Element b[1][0] : 2
Enter the Element b[1][1] : 1
Enter the Element b[1][2] : 1
Enter the Element b[2][0] : 1
Enter the Element b[2][1] : 2
Enter the Element b[2][2] : 1
The Addition of two Matrices is :
2 4 6
4 2 2
2 4 2
2. C Program to find inverse of 3 X 3 Matrix
#include<stdio.h>
void reduction(float a[][6], int size, int pivot, int col) {
int i, j;
float factor;
factor = a[pivot][col];
for (i = 0; i < 2 * size; i++) {
a[pivot][i] /= factor; }
for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
if (i != pivot) {
factor = a[i][col];
for (j = 0; j < 2 * size; j++) {
a[i][j] = a[i][j] - a[pivot][j] * factor; } } } }
void main() {
float matrix[3][6];
int i, j;
for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
{ for (j = 0; j < 6;
j++) { if (j == i + 3) {
matrix[i][j] = 1;}
else {
matrix[i][j] = 0; } } }
printf("\nEnter a 3 X 3 Matrix
:"); for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
scanf("%f", &matrix[i][j]); }
} for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
reduction(matrix, 3, i, i); }
printf("\nInverse Matrix");
for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
{ printf("\n");
for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
printf("%8.3f", matrix[i][j + 3]); } }
} Output:
Enter a 3 X 3 Matrix
1 3 1
1 1 2
2 3 4
Inverse Matrix
2.000 9.000 -5.000
0.000 -2.000 1.000
-1.000 -3.000 2.000
3. C Program to Multiply two 3 X 3 Matrices
#include<stdio.h>
int main() {
int a[10][10], b[10][10], c[10][10], i, j, k;
int sum = 0;
printf("\nEnter First Matrix :
"); for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
scanf("%d", &a[i][j]); } }
printf("\nEnter Second Matrix :");
for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
scanf("%d", &b[i][j]); } }
printf("The First Matrix is :
\n"); for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
printf(" %d ", a[i][j]); }
printf("\n"); }
printf("The Second Matrix is :
\n"); for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
printf(" %d ", b[i][j]); }
printf("\n"); }
//Multiplication Logic
for (i = 0; i <= 2; i++)
{ for (j = 0; j <= 2;
j++) { sum = 0;
for (k = 0; k <= 2; k++) {
sum = sum + a[i][k] * b[k][j]; }
c[i][j] = sum; } }
printf("\nMultiplication Of Two Matrices : \n");
for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
printf(" %d ", c[i][j]); }
printf("\n"); }
return (0);
}
Output:
Enter First Matrix :
1 1 1
1 1 1
1 1 1
Enter Second Matrix :
2 2 2
2 2 2
2 2 2
The First Matrix is :
1 1 1
1 1 1
1 1 1
The Second Matrix is :
2 2 2
2 2 2
2 2 2
Multiplication Of Two Matrices :
6 6 6
6 6 6
6 6 6
Multiplication is possible if and only if
i. No. of Columns of Matrix 1 = No of Columns of Matrix 2
ii. Resultant Matrix will be of Dimension – c [No. of Rows of Mat1][No. of Columns of Mat2]
4. C Program to check whether matrix is magic square or
not? What is Magic Square?
1. A magic square is a simple mathematical game developed during the
1500.
2. Square is divided into equal number of rows and columns.
3. Start filling each square with the number from 1 to num ( where
num = No of Rows X No of Columns )
4. You can only use a number once.
5. Fill each square so that the sum of each row is the same as the
sum of each column.
6. In the example shown here, the sum of each row is 15, and the sum
of each column is also 15.
7. In this Example: The numbers from 1 through 9 is used only once.
This is called a magic square.
#include<stdio.h
>
#include<conio.h
> int main() {
int size = 3;
int matrix[3][3]; // = {{4,9,2},{3,5,7},{8,1,6}};
int row, column =
0; int sum, sum1,
sum2; int flag = 0;
printf("\nEnter matrix : ");
for (row = 0; row < size; row++) {
for (column = 0; column < size;
column++) scanf("%d",
&matrix[row][column]); } printf("Entered
matrix is : \n");
for (row = 0; row < size; row++) {
printf("\n");
for (column = 0; column < size; column++) {
printf("\t%d", matrix[row][column]); } }
//For diagonal elements
sum = 0;
for (row = 0; row < size; row++) {
for (column = 0; column < size; column++) {
if (row == column)
sum = sum + matrix[row][column]; } }
//For Rows
for (row = 0; row < size; row++)
{ sum1 = 0;
for (column = 0; column < size; column++) {
sum1 = sum1 + matrix[row][column]; }
if (sum ==
sum1) flag = 1;
else {
flag = 0;
break; }
}
//For Columns
for (row = 0; row < size; row++)
{ sum2 = 0;
for (column = 0; column < size; column++) {
sum2 = sum2 + matrix[column][row]; }
if (sum ==
sum2) flag = 1;
else {
flag = 0;
break; }
}
if (flag == 1)
printf("\nMagic
square");
else
printf("\nNo Magic square");
return 0;
}
Output:
Enter matrix : 4 9 2 3 5 7 8 1 6
Entered matrix is :
4 9 2
3 5 7
8 1 6
Magic square
Sum of Row1 = Sum of Row2 [Sum of All Rows must be same]
Sum of Col1 = Sum of Col2 [Sum of All Cols must be same]
Sum of Left Diagonal = Sum of Right Diagonal

Limitations of Arrays:
Array is very useful which stores multiple data under single name with same data type.
Following are some listed limitations of Array in C Programming.
A. Static Data
1. Array is Static data Structure
2. Memory Allocated during Compile time.
3. Once Memory is allocated at Compile Time it cannot be changed during Run-time

B. Can hold data belonging to same Data types

 1. Elements belonging to different data types cannot be stored in array because array data
structure can hold data belonging to same data type.
2. Example : Character and Integer values can be stored inside separate array but cannot
be stored in single array
C. Inserting data in an array is difficult
1. Inserting element is very difficult because before inserting element in an array we have
to create empty space by shifting other elements one position ahead.
2. This operation is faster if the array size is smaller, but same operation will be more and
more time consuming and non-efficient in case of array with large size.
D. Deletion Operation is difficult
1. Deletion is not easy because the elements are stored in contiguous memory location.
2. Like insertion operation , we have to delete element from the array and after deletion
empty space will be created and thus we need to fill the space by moving elements up in
the array.
E. Bound Checking
1. If we specify the size of array as „N‟ then we can access elements up to „N-1‟ but in C if
we try to access elements after „N-1‟ i.e. Nth element or N+1th element then we does
not get any error message.
2. Process of checking the extreme limit of array is called Bound Checking and C does not
perform Bound Checking.
3. If the array range exceeds then we will get garbage value as result.
F. Shortage of Memory
1. Array is Static data structure. Memory can be allocated at compile time only Thus if after
executing program we need more space for storing additional information then we cannot
allocate additional space at run time.
2. Shortage of Memory , if we don‟t know the size of memory in advance
G. Wastage of Memory
1. Wastage of Memory, if array of large size is defined

Applications of Arrays:
Array is used for different verities of applications. Array is used to store the data or values of
same data type. Below are the some of the applications of array –
A. Stores Elements of Same Data Type
Array is used to store the number of elements belonging to same data type.
int arr[30];
Above array is used to store the integer numbers in an array.
arr[0] = 10;
arr[1] = 20;
arr[2] = 30;
arr[3] = 40;
arr[4] = 50;
Similarly if we declare the character array then it can hold only character. So in short character
array can store character variables while floating array stores only floating numbers.
B. Array Used for maintaining multiple variable names using single name
Suppose we need to store 5 roll numbers of students then without declaration of array we need
to declare following –
int roll1, roll2, roll3, roll4, roll5;
1. Now in order to get roll number of first student we need to access roll1.
2. Guess if we need to store roll numbers of 100 students then what will be the procedure.
3. Maintaining all the variables and remembering all these things is very difficult.
Consider the Array int roll[5]; Here we are using array which can store multiple values and we
have to remember just single variable name.
C. Array can be used for Sorting Elements
We can store elements to be sorted in an array and then by using different sorting technique we
can sort the elements.
Different Sorting Techniques are:
1. Bubble Sort
2. Insertion Sort
3. Selection Sort
4. Bucket Sort
D. Array can perform Matrix Operation
Matrix operations can be performed using the array. We can use 2-D array to store the matrix.
Matrix can be multi dimensional.
E. Array can be used in CPU Scheduling
CPU Scheduling is generally managed by Queue. Queue can be managed and implemented
using the array. Array may be allocated dynamically i.e at run time. [Animation will Explain more
about Round Robin Scheduling Algorithm | Video Animation]
F. Array can be used in Recursive Function
When the function calls another function or the same function again then the current values are
stores onto the stack and those values will be retrieving when control comes back. This is
similar operation like stack.
 STRINGS

A string is a sequence of character enclosed with in double quotes (“ ”) but ends with
\0. The compiler puts \0 at the end of string to specify the end of the string.
To get a value of string variable we can use the two different types of formats.
Using scanf() function as: scanf(“%s”, string variable);

Using gets() function as : gets(string variable);

STRING HANDLING FUNCTIONS

C library supports a large number of string handling functions. Those functions are stored under
the header file string.h in the program.

Let us see about some of the string handling functions.

(i) strlen() function
strlen() is used to return the length of the string , that means counts the number
of characters present in a string.
Syntax
integer variable = strlen (string variable);
Example:
 #include<stdio.h
>
#include<conio.h
> void main()
{
char str[20];
int
strlength;
clrscr();
printf(‚Enter String:‛);
gets(str);
strlength=strlen(str);
printf(‚Given String Length Is: %d‛, strlength);
getch();
}
Output:
Enter String
Welcome
Given String Length Is:7

(ii) strcat() function

The strcat() is used to concatenate two strings. The second string will be appended to the
end of the first string. This process is called concatenation.

Syntax
strcat (StringVariable1, StringVariable 2);
Example:
#include<stdio.h
>
#include<conio.h
> void main()
{
char str1[20],str2[20];
clrscr();
printf(‚Enter First String:‛);
 scanf(‚%s‛,str1);
printf(‚Enter Second String:‛);
scanf(‚%s‛,str2);
printf(‚ Concatenation String is:%s‛, strcat(str1,str2));
getch();
}
Output:
Enter First
String Good
Enter Second
String Morning
Concatenation String is: GoodMorning
(iii) strcmp() function
strcmp() function is used to compare two strings. strcmp() function does a case

sensitive comparison between two strings. The two strings are compared character by

character until there is a mismatch or end of one of the strings is reached (whichever occurs

first). If the two strings are identical, strcmp( ) returns a value zero. If they‟re not, it returns the

numeric difference between the ASCII values of the first non-matching pairs of characters.

Syntax
strcmp(StringVariable1, StringVariable2);
Example:
#include<stdio.h
>
#include<conio.h
> void main()
{
char str1[20], str2[20];
int res;
clrscr();
printf(‚Enter First String:‛);
scanf(‚%s‛,str1);
printf(‚Enter Second String:‛);
scanf(‚%s‛,str2);
 res = strcmp(str1,str2);
printf(‚ Compare String Result is:%d‛,res);
getch();
}
Output:
Enter First
String Good
Enter Second String
Good
Compare String Result is: 0

(iv) strcmpi() function

strcmpi() function is used to compare two strings. strcmpi() function is not case sensitive.

Syntax
strcmpi(StringVariable1, StringVariable2);
Example:
#include<stdio.h
>
#include<conio.h
> void main()
{
char str1[20], str2[20];
int res;
clrscr();
printf(‚Enter First String:‛);
scanf(‚%s‛,str1);
printf(‚Enter Second String:‛);
scanf(‚%s‛,str2);
res = strcmpi(str1,str2);
printf(‚ Compare String Result is:%d‛,res);
getch();
}
 Output:
Enter First
String WELCOME
Enter Second String
welcome
Compare String Result is: 0
(v) strcpy() function:

strcpy() function is used to copy one string to another. strcpy() function copy the contents of
second string to first string.

Syntax
strcpy(StringVariable1, StringVariable2);

Example:
#include<stdio.h
>
#include<conio.h
> void main()
{
char str1[20], str2[20];
int res;
clrscr();
printf(‚Enter First String:‛);
scanf(‚%s‛,str1);
printf(‚Enter Second String:‛);
scanf(‚%s‛,str2);
strcpy(str1,str2)
printf(‚ First String is:%s‛,str1);
printf(‚ Second String is:%s‛,str2);
getch();
}
Output:
Enter First
String Hello
 Enter Second String
welcome
First String is: welcome
Second String is:
welcome
(vi) strlwr () function:
This function converts all characters in a given string from uppercase to lowercase letter.

Syntax
strlwr(StringVariable);

Example:

#include<stdio.h
>
#include<conio.h
> void main()
{
char
str[20];
clrscr();
printf(‚Enter String:‛);
gets(str);
printf(‚Lowercase String : %s‛, strlwr(str));
getch();
}
Output:
Enter String
WELCOME
Lowercase String : welcome
(vii) strrev() function:
strrev() function is used to reverse characters in a given string.

Syntax

strrev(StringVariable);

Example:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
 void main()
{
char
str[20];
clrscr();
printf(‚Enter String:‛);
gets(str);
printf(‚Reverse String : %s‛, strrev(str));
getch();
}
Output:
Enter String
WELCOME
Reverse String : emoclew
(viii) strupr() function:
strupr() function is used to convert all characters in a given string from lower case to
uppercase letter.

Syntax

strupr(Stringvariable);

Example:

#include<stdio.h
>
#include<conio.h
> void main()
{
char
str[20];
clrscr();
printf(‚Enter String:‛);
gets(str);
printf(‚Uppercase String : %s‛, strupr(str));
getch();
}
Output:
 Enter String
welcome
Uppercase String : WELCOME

STRUCTURES

Arrays are used for storing a group of SIMILAR data items. In order to store a group of
data items, we need structures. Structure is a constructed data type for packing different types
of data that are logically related. The structure is analogous to the “record” of a database.
Structures are used for organizing complex data in a simple and meaningful way.

Example for structures:

Student : regno, student_name, age, address

Book : bookid, bookname, author, price, edition, publisher, year

Employee : employeeid, employee_name, age, sex, dateofbirth,

basicpay Customer : custid, cust_name, cust_address, cust_phone

Structure Definition
Structures are defined first and then it is used for declaring structure variables. Let us
see how to define a structure using simple example given below:

struct book

int bookid;

char bookname[20];

char author[20];

float price;

int year;

int pages;

char publisher[25];

};
The keyword “struct” is used for declaring a structure. In this example, book is the name of the
structure or the structure tag that is defined by the struct keyword. The book structure has six
fields and they are known as structure elements or structure members. Remember each
structure member may be of a different data type. The structure tag name or the structure
name can be used to declare variables of the structure data type.

The syntax for structure definition is given below:

struct tagname

Data_type member1;

Data_type member2;

…………….

……………

};

Note:

1. To mark the completion of the template, semicolon is used at the end of

the template.
2. Each structure member is declared in a separate line.

Declaring Structure Variables

First, the structure format is defined. Then the variables can be declared of that structure
type. A structure can be declared in the same way as the variables are declared. There are two
ways for declaring a structure variable.

1) Declaration of structure variable at the time of defining the structure (i.e

structure definition and structure variable declaration are combined)

struct book
{
int bookid;
char bookname[20];
char author[20];
float price;
int year;
int pages;
char publisher[25];
 } b1,b2,b3;

The b1, b2, and b3 are structure variables of type struct book.

2) Declaration of structure variable after defining the structure

struct book
{
int bookid;
char bookname[20];
char author[20];
float price;
int year;
int
pages;
char publisher[25];
};

struct book b1, b2, b3;

NOTE:
⮚ Structure tag name is optional.

E.g.

struct
{
int bookid;
char bookname[20];
char author[20];
float price;
int year;
int
pages;
char publisher[25];
}b1, b2, b3;

Declaration of structure variable at a later time is not possible with this type of
declaration. It is a drawback in this method. So the second method can be preferred.

⮚ Structure members are not variables. They don‟t occupy memory until
they are associated with a structure variable.

Accessing Structure Members

 There are many ways for storing values into structure variables. The members of a
structure can be accessed using a “dot operator” or “period operator”.

E.g. b1.author -> b1 is a structure variable and author is a structure member.

Syntax

STRUCTURE_Variable.STRUCTURE_Members

The different ways for storing values into structure variable is given below:

Method 1: Using Simple Assignment Statement

b1.pages = 786;

b1.price = 786.50;

Method 2: Using strcpy function

strcpy(b1.title, ‚Programming in C‛);

strcpy(b1.author, ‚John‛);

Method 3: Using scanf function

scanf(‚%s \n‛, b1.title);

scanf(‚%d \n‛, &b1.pages);

Example

#include<stdio.h

>

#include<conio.h

> struct book

int bookid;
char bookname[20];
char
author[20];
float price;
int year;
int
pages;
char publisher[25];
 };

struct book b1, b2, b3;

main()
{
struct book
b1; clrscr();
printf("Enter the Book Id: ");
scanf("%d", &b1.bookid);
printf("Enter the Book Name: ");
scanf("%s", b1.bookname);
printf("Enter the Author Name: ");
scanf("%s", b1.author);
printf("Enter the Price: ");
scanf("%f", &b1.price);
printf("Enter the Year: ");
scanf("%d", &b1.year);
printf("Enter the Total No. of Pages: ");
scanf("%d", &b1.pages);
printf("Enter the Publisher Name: ");
scanf("%s", b1.publisher);
printf("%d %s %d %f %d %d %s", b1.bookid, b1.bookname,
b1.author, b1.price, b1.year, b1.pages, b1.publisher);
getch();
}
Output

Enter the Book Id: 786

Enter the Book Name: Programming
Enter the Author Name: John
Enter the Price: 123.50
Enter the Year: 2015
Enter the Total No. of Pages: 649
Enter the Publisher Name: Tata McGraw
786 Programming 2118 123.500000 2015 649 Tata
Structure Initialization

Like variables, structures can also be initialized at the compile time.

Example
main()
{
struct
{
int rollno;
int
attendance;
}
s1={786, 98};
}

The above example assigns 786 to the rollno and 98 to the attendance.

Structure variable can be initialized outside the function also.

Example

main()
{
struct student
{
int rollno;
int
attendance;
};
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Individual structure members cannot be initialized within the template. Initialization is

possible only with the declaration of structure members.

Nested Structures or Structures within Structures

Structures can also be nested. i.e A structure can be defined inside another structure.

Example

struct employee
{
int empid;
char empname[20];
 int
basicpay;
int da;
int hra;
int cca;
} e1;

In the above structure, salary details can be grouped together and defined as
a separate structure.

Example

struct employee
{
int empid;
char empname[20];
struct
{
int
basicpay;
int da;
int hra;
int cca;
} salary;
} e1;
The structure employee contains a member named salary which itself is another
structure that contains four structure members. The members inside salary structure
can be referred as below:

e1.salary.basicpay
e1.salary.da;
e1.salary.hra;
e1.salary.cca;
However, the inner structure member cannot be accessed without the inner structure
variable.

Example

e1.basicpa
y e1.da
e1.hra
e1.cca
are invalid statements
Moreover, when the inner structure variable is used, it must refer to its inner
structure member. If it doesn‟t refer to the inner structure member then it will be
considered as an error.

Example

e1.salary (salary is not referring to any inner structure member. Hence it is wrong)

Note: C permits 15 levels of nesting and C99 permits 63 levels of nesting.

Array of Structures

A Structure variable can hold information of one particular record. For example,
single record of student or employee. Suppose, if multiple records are to be
maintained, it is impractical to create multiple structure variables. It is like the
relationship between a variable and an array. Why do we go for an array? Because we
don‟t want to declare multiple variables and it is practically impossible. Assume that
you want to store 1000 values. Do you declare 1000 variables like a1, a2, a3…. Upto
a1000? Is it easy to maintain such code ? Is it a good coding? No. It is not. Therefore,
we go for Arrays. With a single name, with a single variable, we can store 1000 values.
Similarly, to store 1000 records, we cannot declare 1000 structure variables. But we
need “Array of Structures”.

An array of structure is a group of structure elements under the same structure

variables.

struct student s1[1000];

The above code creates 1000 elements of structure type student. Each element
will be structure data type called student. The values can be stored into the array of
structures as follows:

s1[0].student_age = 19;

Example

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
struct book
{
int bookid;
 char bookname[20];
char author[20];
};

Struct b1[5];

main()
{
int i;
clrscr();
for (i=0;i<5;i++)
{
printf("Enter the Book Id: ");
scanf("%d", &b1[i].bookid);
printf("Enter the Book Name: ");
scanf("%s", b1[i].bookname);
printf("Enter the Author Name: ");
scanf("%s", b1[i].author);
}
for (i=0;i<5;i++)
{
printf("%d \t %s \t %s \n", b1[i].bookid, b1[i].bookname,
b1[i].author);
}
getch();
}

Output:

Enter the Book Id: 786

Enter the Book Name: Programming
Enter the Author Name: Dennis Ritchie
Enter the Book Id: 101
Enter the Book Name: Java Complete Reference
Enter the Author Name: Herbert Schildt
Enter the Book Id: 008
Enter the Book Name: Computer Graphics
 Enter the Author Name: Hearn and Baker

786 Programming Dennis Ritchie

101 Java Complete Reference Herbert Schildt

008 Computer Graphics Hearn and Baker

Union
The concept of Union is borrowed from structures and the formats are also same. The
distinction between them is in terms of storage. In structures , each member is stored in its own
location but in Union , all the members are sharing the same location. Though Union consists
of more than one members , only one member can be used at a particular time. The size of the
cell allocated for an Union variable depends upon the size of any member within Union
occupying more no:- of bytes. The syntax is the same as structures but we use the keyword
union instead of struct.

Example:- the employee record is declared and processed as follows

union emp
{
char
name[20]; int
eno; float
salary;
} employee;

where employee is the union variable which consists of the member

name,no and salary. The compiler allocates only one cell for the union variable as
 Employee (only one location)

Location / Cell for name,no and salary

20 bytes cell can be shared by all the members because the member name is occupying the
highest no:- of bytes. At a particular time we can handle only one member.To access the
members of an union , we have to use the same format of structures.

Example program for C union:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

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{
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union student record2;

// assigning values to record1 union variable

strcpy(record1.name, "Raju");
strcpy(record1.subject, "Maths");
record1.percentage = 86.50;

printf("Union record1 values example\n");

printf(" Name : %s \n", record1.name);
printf(" Subject : %s \n", record1.subject);
printf(" Percentage : %f \n\n", record1.percentage);

// assigning values to record2 union variable

printf("Union record2 values example\n");
strcpy(record2.name, "Mani");
printf(" Name : %s \n", record2.name);

strcpy(record2.subject, "Physics");
printf(" Subject : %s \n", record2.subject);
 record2.percentage = 99.50;
printf(" Percentage : %f
\n", record2.percentage);
} return 0;
Output:

Explanation for above C union program:

There are 2 union variables declared in this program to understand the difference in
accessing values of union members.
Record1 union variable:

“Raju” is assigned to union member “record1.name” . The memory location name is

“record1.name” and the value stored in this location is “Raju”.
Then, “Maths” is assigned to union member “record1.subject”. Now, memory location
name is changed to “record1.subject” with the value “Maths” (Union can hold only one
member at a time).
Then, “86.50” is assigned to union member “record1.percentage”. Now, memory
location name is changed to “record1.percentage” with value “86.50”.
Like this, name and value of union member is replaced every time on the common
storage space.
So, we can always access only one union member for which value is assigned at last.
We can‟t access other member values.
So, only “record1.percentage” value is displayed in output. “record1.name” and
“record1.percentage” are empty.

Record2 union variable:

If we want to access all member values using union, we have to access the member
before assigning values to other members as shown in record2 union variable in this
program.
Each union members are accessed in record2 example immediately after assigning
values to them.
If we don‟t access them before assigning values to other member, member name and
value will be over written by other member as all members are using same memory.
We can‟t access all members in union at same time but structure can do that.

Example program – Another way of declaring C union:

In this program, union variable “record” is declared while declaring union itself as shown in the
below program.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
union student
{
c
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 strcpy(record.name, "Raju");
strcpy(record.subject, "Maths");
record.percentage = 86.50;

printf(" Name :
%s \n", record.name);
printf(" Subject :
%s \n",
} record.subject);
Output: printf(" Percentage :
%f \n",
record.percentage);
return 0;

Note:
We can access only one member of union at a time. We can‟t access all member values at
the same time in union. But, structure can access all member values at the same time. This is
because, Union allocates one common storage space for all its members. Where as Structure
allocates storage space for all its members separately.
Difference between structure and union in C:
S.no C Structure C Union

Union allocates one common storage space for all

Structure allocates storage its members.
1 space for all its members Union finds that which of its member needs high storage
separately.
space over other members and allocates that much space

Structure occupies higher

2 Union occupies lower memory space over structure.
memory space.

We can access all members

3 We can access only one member of union at a time.
of structure at a time.

4 Structure example: Union example:

struct student union student
 { {
int mark; int mark;
char name[6]; char name[6];
double average; double average;
}; };

For above structure, memory

allocation will be like below. For above union, only 8 bytes of memory will be
int mark – 2B
5 allocated since double data type will occupy maximum
char name[6] – 6B
space of memory over other data types.
double average – 8B
Total memory allocation = 8 Bytes
Total memory allocation =
2+6+8 = 16 Bytes