From:	joshuahab AT aol DOT com (Joshua Hab)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	structures and structure pointers
Date:	23 Oct 1997 04:30:39 GMT
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I have a couple of questions regarding structures and structure pointers...

First, what's the difference between a regular structure and a typedef
 structure? For example, what would be the difference between these two:

struct sprite
{
    int x, y, color;
}

typedef struct SPRITE
{
    int x, y, color;
}

Secondly, how exactly does the -> operator work? How is it different from the
 '.' operator? I've know it has something to do with structure pointers, but
 I'm still baffled, I'd really appreciate some direction. :-)  Thanks in advance.

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