Union is a collection of elements of different types that share the same memory location. Only one member can be accessed at a time as members share the same memory. A union is declared using the keyword union followed by a variable name in curly braces containing different typed members. The size of a union is equal to the largest member and members can be accessed using the dot operator.
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Union is a collection of elements of different types that share the same memory location. Only one member can be accessed at a time as members share the same memory. A union is declared using the keyword union followed by a variable name in curly braces containing different typed members. The size of a union is equal to the largest member and members can be accessed using the dot operator.
Union is a collection of elements of different types that share the same memory location. Only one member can be accessed at a time as members share the same memory. A union is declared using the keyword union followed by a variable name in curly braces containing different typed members. The size of a union is equal to the largest member and members can be accessed using the dot operator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION
ANDHRA PRADESH Name : M.Subramanyam Designation : Senior Lecturer Branch : Computer Engg. Institute : Q.Q.Govt.Polytechnic,Hyderabad. Year/Semester : III Semester Subject : UNIX & C Subject Code : CM-304 Topic : Unions Duration : 50 Mts Sub Topic : Unions Teaching Aids : PPts,Animation CM304.81 1 Recap
Define a structure . How to define a structure and declare structure variable? How to initialize and assign structure members ? How to find the size of the structure? Is the separate memory allocated for each memory? Is the same memory shared by all the members?
CM304.81 2 Objectives
On completion of this period, you would be able
to know… Define Union. Declare a Union variable. Find the size of the Union. Access Union members. Distinguish between structures and unions.
CM304.81 3 Unions
It is a collection of variables. Which are of different types. It is similar to structure. Members share the same memory location. Memory can be saved.
CM304.81 4 Declaration
Syntax keyword Union name
union tagname { datatype member1; Members of union datatype member2; datatype member3; ------------------; datatype membern; }; End of the union
CM304.81 5 Example
union sample { char a; int b; float c; };
CM304.81 6 Union Variable Declaration
Syntax: union tagname unionvariable(s);
Example union sample u; u is a union variable CM304.81 7 sizeof Union Variable
sizeof the largest data member in the union.
Example: union sample u; sizeof(u)=4 bytes
u byte1 byte2 byte3 byte4
a b c Fig .1 CM304.81 8 Accessing Members Dot(.) operator is used to access members. Only one member can be accessed at a time. When data in one member is stored, data in other is lost.
b s.a=‘A’; a A c b s.b=500; a A 500 c b s.c=55.5; a 500 55.5 c Fig .2 CM304.81 9 Example1
CM304.81 10 Example2
CM304.81 11 Differences Between Structures and Unions
Structures Unions Collection of elements of Collection of elements of different different types. types. All members can be accessed Only one member can be at a time. accessed at a time. sizeof structure variable is sum sizeof union variable is the of sizes of its members. largest size of its members. There is separate memory for There is single memory shared each member. by all member.
CM304.81 12 Summary In this class, you have learnt about Union is a collection of elements of different types. In Union all members share the same memory location. Union variable is declared using keyword union. Union members can be accessed using dot(.) operator. Assigning values to members.
CM304.81 13 Quiz
1)union is
a)special type of structure
b) a pointer type
c) a function type
d)none
CM304.81 14 Quiz
1)union is
a)special type of structure
b) a pointer type
c) a function type
d)none
CM304.81 15 Quiz
2)Union differs from structure in the following way
a)all members are used at a time
b) only one member can be used at a time
c) union can’t have more members
d)none
CM304.81 16 Quiz
2)Union differs from structure in the following way
a)all members are used at a time
b) only one member can be used at a time
c) union can’t have more members
d)none
CM304.81 17 Quiz
3)A union consists of a number of elements that
a)all occupy the same space in memory
b)must be structures
c) are grouped next to each other in memory
d)all have the same type
CM304.81 18 Quiz
3)A union consists of a number of elements that
a)all occupy the same space in memory
b)must be structures
c) are grouped next to each other in memory
d)all have the same type
CM304.81 19 Frequently Asked Questions
1. Define union. 2. Explain the declaration of a union with an example. 3. What are the Differences between structure and union?
CM304.81 20 Assignment
1) Write a ‘C’ program to initialise the members of a
union and display the contents of the union. Union
