/************************************************************************ * * Purpose: Passing a copy of a structure to a function. * Author: M.J. Leslie * Date: 13-Jun-94 * ************************************************************************/ #include /* Declare a structure. It MUST * be declared before its use in * function declarations. */ struct record_format { char name[20]; int age;}; void display(struct record_format); /* function declaration */ /************************************************************************/ main () { struct record_format record; strcpy(record.name, "Joe Brown"); record.age = 21; display (record); /* * Print the contents of the structure. * The original value of record.age has been * retained. */ printf("name is %s \nage is %d \n", record.name, record.age); } /************************************************************************/ void display(struct record_format rec) { printf("name is %s \nage is %d \n", rec.name, rec.age); rec.age=31; /* change the value of a structure * member. */ }