Can you have an array in a struct?

Question

So i am trying to make a code which lets the user register different medecines. Each medecine is gonna be a struct called medecine. The user can input the name of the medecine which is max 20 letters, the different sizes the medecine comes in, and how many there is of each size. I was thinking of something like this V. When i later want to use functions to store medecine input in a larg array which can hold 1000 medecines, is this gonna work ?

struct medecine
{ 
 char name[WORDLENGTH];
 int size[10];
 int BalanceOfeachsize[10];
};

Possible duplicate of Initialize values of array in a struct — gstukelj
– gstukelj, Commented Oct 16, 2019 at 13:33
Short answer: yes, you can define and use a struct like that. — lurker
– lurker, Commented Oct 16, 2019 at 13:34

Jabberwocky · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-16 14:05:59Z

1

Yes of course it will work.

struct medecine
{ 
 char name[WORDLENGTH];
 int nbofsizes;           //  this is missing (see explanation below)
 int size[10];
 int BalanceOfeachsize[10];
}; 

struct medecine pharmacy[1000]:   // pharmacy is an array of 1000 medecines

But you most likely need one more struct member that is the number of sizes, maybe some meds come only in 3 sizes, others in 2 etc.

answered Oct 16, 2019 at 14:05

Jabberwocky

51.3k18 gold badges71 silver badges127 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

5 Comments

mrarray Over a year ago

The user itself inputs which sizes they should come in and the balance of that size. So if i later want to limit each medecine to only 10 different sizes i can use the nbofsizes integer and limit it? Also why the second struct? Can i not add an array[1000] in int main and store all structs there? example medecine Medregister[1000]

Jabberwocky Over a year ago

@mrarray yes, of course you can do that. Generally you can do a lot of things in C. From your questions I suppose you never opened your beginner's C text book. You should definitely do that.

mrarray Over a year ago

Dont have one, just powerpoint from teachers lectures but they are hard to understand

Jabberwocky Over a year ago

Then it's high time to get one.

mrarray Over a year ago

do you have skype

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Can you have an array in a struct?

1 Answer 1

5 Comments

Your Answer

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

5 Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Linked

Related