union：一种实用的共用体用法

  http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_68b77e530100jmts.html

#include <stdio.h>

#define CHARACTER 'C'
#define INTEGER   'I'
#define FLOAT     'F'

struct generic_tag{
 char type;
 union shared_tag{
  char  c;
  int   i;
  float f;
 }shared;
};

 

void print_function( struct generic_tag generic );

 

int main(void)
{
 struct generic_tag var;

 var.type = CHARACTER;
 var.shared.c = '$';
 print_function(var);

 var.type = FLOAT;
 var.shared.f = 12345;
 print_function(var);

 var.type = INTEGER;
 var.shared.i = 1;
 print_function(var);

 return 0;
}

 

void print_function(struct generic_tag generic)
{
 printf("\n\nThe generic value is...");
 switch(generic.type)
 {
 case CHARACTER:printf("%c",generic.shared.c);
  break;
 case INTEGER:printf("%d",generic.shared.i);
  break;
 case FLOAT:printf("%f",generic.shared.f);
  break;
 default:printf("an unknown type: %c\n",generic.type);
  break;
 }
}