Structure definition and declaration in C

Below is the general definition of a structure

struct structure_name{

              type variable1;

              type variable2;
              ---------------

};

struct                       -  keyword

structure_name        -  tag

type                         - data type

variable1, variable2  -  data members of the given structure

Consider the following example,
struct student {
        int age;
        char name[32];
};
Above is a definition of a structure named struct student.

Let us see how to declare structure variables.  Structure variables can be declared while defining a structure or after structure definition.

Declaring structure variables at structure definition
struct student {
          int age;
          char name[32];
}obj1, obj2;

Here, obj1 and obj2 are structure variables of type struct student.  And they are declared during structure definition.

Declaring structure variables after structure definition:
struct student {
          int age;
          char name[32];
};
struct student obj1, obj2;

Here, obj1 and obj2 are structure variables of type struct student.  And they are declared after structure definition.

Example:

  #include <stdio.h> 
  struct student {
        char name[100];
        int rank;
  }obj = {"jp", 1};

  int main() {
        // struct student obj = {"jp", 1};
        printf("Name: %s\n", obj.name);
        printf("Rank: %d\n", obj.rank);
        return 0;
  }

  Output:

  jp@jp-VirtualBox:~/$ ./a.out
  Name: jp
  Rank:1

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