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One common use is to have an [[array]] of a particular kind of structure; without structures, the [[program]] would have to have N arrays, one for each data item in the structure. | One common use is to have an [[array]] of a particular kind of structure; without structures, the [[program]] would have to have N arrays, one for each data item in the structure. | ||
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Structures are a mechanism available in most programming languages for creating a named block of associated data values (usually of mixed types), effectively an extended type; the elements have individual sub-names. Instances of the structure can then be used in various ways - e.g. by being passed as an argument to a procedure.
One common use is to have an array of a particular kind of structure; without structures, the program would have to have N arrays, one for each data item in the structure.
