
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


mata
struct Point {
	real scalar x, y
}
 
// dumb example
function test() {
	struct Point scalar a
	a.x = 10
	a.y = 20
	printf("%f\n",a.x+a.y)
}
 
test()
30
end