
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


typeset -T Point=(
  typeset x
  typeset y
)
Point p
p.x=1
p.y=2
echo $p
echo ${p.x} ${p.y}
Point q=(x=3 y=4)
echo ${q.x} ${q.y}