Recalling code meaning

[fragma757]

I'm going through my old C programming notes trying to recall back my c programming knowledge that I learn about 2 years ago and I'm trying to re-understand what this code meant. It should be a piece of cake for you guys.

int emp_id;
float salary
struct employeeData employee;

printf("Enter  Employee ID to update (0001 - 1000): ");
scanf("%d%, &emp_id);

I'm trying to understand this,
struct employeeData employee;

what is the purpose of writing employee at the back of the line?

[Dave_Sinkula]

<type> <variable>

int emp_id;
float salary; /* missign semicolon */
struct employeeData employee;

[ssharish2005]

scanf("%d%, &emp_id);

should be

scanf("%d", &emp_id);

struct employeeData employee;

the above code means that u are declaring a variable employee of type struct employeedata. where a struct employeedata might contain many other attributes like ID, name, salary and so on


ssharish2005

[Bleech]

struct employeeData employee;

declares an instance of employeeData named employee. thus meaning, after that declaration you can use employee to initialize/set the members of the employeeData struct.