结构 与 指针

#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<string.h>

struct date{
	int year;
	int month;
	int day;
};

typedef struct date date_t;

struct student{
	char name[20];
	int age;
	date_t birth_date;
};

typedef struct student student_t;

student_t** get_student_t_array(int *size){
	//sizeof(student_t *) is the length of mem to keep the address of a student_t instance
	//stu_array_ptr is to keep the array's starting address, each element of the array is a pointer 
	student_t **stu_array_ptr = (student_t **)malloc((*size) * sizeof(student_t*));
	int i;
	for(i = 0; i < *size; i++){
		stu_array_ptr[i] = (student_t *)malloc(sizeof(student_t));
		stu_array_ptr[i]->age = i;
		char name_tmp[20];
		sprintf(name_tmp, "shanghai_%d", i);
		strcpy(stu_array_ptr[i]->name, name_tmp);
		stu_array_ptr[i]->birth_date.year = i;
		stu_array_ptr[i]->birth_date.month = i;
		stu_array_ptr[i]->birth_date.day = i;
		
	}
	return stu_array_ptr;
}

int main(void){
	int i, size = 10;
	student_t **ptr = get_student_t_array(&size);
	for(i = 0; i < 10; i++){
		printf("name = %s, age = %d, birth_date = {%d, %d, %d}\n", 
			ptr[i]->name, ptr[i]->age, ptr[i]->birth_date.year,
			ptr[i]->birth_date.month, ptr[i]->birth_date.day);
		free(ptr[i]);//free each student_t instance
	}
	free(ptr); //free the pointer array
	return 0;
}