Thread: Why need a dot between structure variable and structure member ?

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    Why need a dot between structure variable and structure member ?

    Why need a dot between structure variable and structure member ?

    Code:
    #include<stdio.h>
    
    struct Point { 
       int x, y; 
    };  
      
    int main() { 
    
    
        struct Point p1;
    	
        p1.x = 13;
        p1.y = 14;	  
    }
    as can see p1.x and p1.y What does it means

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    Quote Originally Posted by skyr6546 View Post
    Why need a dot between structure variable and structure member ?
    C language expressions

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    Quote Originally Posted by flp1969 View Post
    it say dot will use to access structure member but there is no information why the dot will only use.

    Does structure variable point structure member to assign value ?

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    p1.x means the member named x of the struct (or union) object named p1.

    If there was no dot, then it would be impossible to differentiate between this and a variable named p1x.
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