C return struct pointer

Pointers can be used to refer to a struct by its address . This is useful for passing structs to a function. The pointer can be dereferenced using the * operator.

typedef is a reserved keyword in the programming languages C and C++ . It is used to create an additional name (alias) for another data type, but does not create a new type, except in the obscure case of a qualified typedef of an array type where the typedef qualifiers are transferred to the array element type.

There are two ways to access the member of the structure using Structure pointer: