=====struct=====
Syntax:

<code>
    struct struct-name : inheritance-list {
      public-members-list;
    protected:
      protected-members-list;
    private:
      private-members-list;
    } object-list;
</code>

Structs are like `classes`, except that by default members of a struct are
public rather than private. In C, structs can only contain data and are not
permitted to have inheritance lists. 

The object list is optional -- structs may be defined without actually instantiating any new objects.

For example, the following code creates a new datatype called **Date** (which contains three integers) and also creates an instance of **Date** called **today**:

<code>
     struct Date {
       int day;
       int month;
       int year;
     } today;

     int main() {
        today.day = 4;
        today.month = 7;
        today.year = 1776;
     }
</code>

Related Topics: [[class]], [[union]]