Pointers to Structures in C

Pointers to Structures in C — a practical guide to C pointers to structures with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Short description

`p->x` is `(*p).x`.

Struct pointer

struct Point p = {1, 2};
struct Point *sp = &p;
printf("%dn", sp->x);