the idea behind deleting data from a program?

Hi guys


I have a list of student data stored under struct-variable of type std:

Code:

typedef struct{

char name; 

char surname;

float grade;

}std;

later on main program, I declared some variable std1,std2....std30. of std type that can get filled out by the user.

now I wanna get some Menu (using switch). one of the cases here is to link the user to a program, where they can delete data (students) from the existing student list.

can you help me how to do that? is it possible to delete it directly without copying all data in an extern file?

Would be grateful for any hint

> later on main program, I declared some variable std1,std2....std30. of std type that can get filled out by the user.
Well it gets a lot easier if you use an array.

Then to delete a student, all you do is
student[i] = student[i+1];
student[i+1] = student[i+2]; // except you would do this in a loop, stopping at numStudents


and student[i] is no more.

Originally Posted by Aitra

now I wanna get some Menu (using switch). one of the cases here is to link the user to a program, where they can delete data (students) from the existing student list.

can you help me how to do that? is it possible to delete it directly without copying all data in an extern file?

Would be grateful for any hint

What you need here is a way of organizing the data, a data structure.
Linked lists or plain arrays would do it..(each with their own way of deleting).