What are 'typedef' and 'struct' used for together?

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C language, struct is used to define a user-defined data type that groups together variables of different data types under a single name. A typedef can be used to create an alias for an existing data type, including a struct.
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struct is used to define a structure. typedef is used to give an alias name to a data type and the data type can be a predefined data type (like int,float, char) or a user defined data type. After the second declaration we will have to refer to that structure as "struct StructName" throughout the pro...
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struct is used to define a structure. typedef is used to give an alias name to a data type and the data type can be a predefined data type (like int,float, char) or a user defined data type. After the second declaration we will have to refer to that structure as "struct StructName" throughout the program. read less
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