
Data Structure

This illustrates a data structure, a means of storing data within a program.

You may see other such structures in the Data Structures category.


Task

Create a compound data type:

  Point(x,y) 



A compound data type is one that holds multiple independent values.



Related task

   Enumeration


See also

 Array
 Associative array: Creation, Iteration
 Collections
 Compound data type
 Doubly-linked list: Definition, Element definition, Element insertion, List Traversal, Element Removal
 Linked list
 Queue: Definition, Usage
 Set
 Singly-linked list: Element definition, Element insertion, List Traversal, Element Removal
 Stack


: pt>x ( point -- x ) ;
: pt>y ( point -- y ) CELL+ ;
: .pt ( point -- ) dup pt>x @ . pt>y @ . ;    \ or for this simple structure, 2@ . .
 
create point 6 , 0 ,
7 point pt>y !
.pt    \ 6 7