Initializing a structure to Zero

bizoo · 11-20-2009, 07:38 AM

Hi,
this particular question has been bugging me
I have a struct (small instance so not using code brackets )

struct random {
int a;
int b;
}example;

What i am trying is

example={0,0};

and it gives an error

Can someone help me how to initialize all the entries within a struct to zero?
In the above example i have used integers but what if they are some other data structure for example another structure?

many thanks!

cheers!

cola · 11-20-2009, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bizoo

Hi,
this particular question has been bugging me
I have a struct (small instance so not using code brackets )

struct random {
int a;
int b;
}example;

What i am trying is

example={0,0};

and it gives an error

Can someone help me how to initialize all the entries within a struct to zero?
In the above example i have used integers but what if they are some other data structure for example another structure?

many thanks!

cheers!

Make an object of that structure ,

Code:

random obj;
obj.a=0;
obj.b=;

Guttorm · 11-20-2009, 07:59 AM

Hi

struct random {
int a;
int b;
}example;

This code does two things. It defines a struct called "random", and it also defines a variable named "example". To initialize the variable, you can do:

struct random {
int a;
int b;
}example = {0,0};

You can use the struct to define other variables:
struct random example2 = {0,0};