The C programming language provides a keyword called typedef, which you can use to give a type, a new name. Following is an example to define a term BYTE for one-byte numbers −
typedef unsigned char BYTE;After this type definition, the identifier BYTE can be used as an abbreviation for the type unsigned char, for example..
BYTE b1, b2;By convention, uppercase letters are used for these definitions to remind the user that the type name is really a symbolic abbreviation, but you can use lowercase, as follows −
typedef unsigned char byte;You can use typedef to give a name to your user defined data types as well. For example, you can use typedef with structure to define a new data type and then use that data type to define structure variables directly as follows −
#include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> typedef struct Books { char title[50]; char author[50]; char subject[100]; int book_id; } Book; int main( ) { Book book; strcpy( book.title, "C Programming"); strcpy( book.author, "Nuha Ali"); strcpy( book.subject, "C Programming Tutorial"); book.book_id = 6495407; printf( "Book title : %s\n", book.title); printf( "Book author : %s\n", book.author); printf( "Book subject : %s\n", book.subject); printf( "Book book_id : %d\n", book.book_id); return 0; }When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result −
Book title : C Programming Book author : Nuha Ali Book subject : C Programming Tutorial Book book_id : 6495407
typedef vs #define
#define is a C-directive which is also used to define the aliases for various data types similar to typedef but with the following differences −- typedef is limited to giving symbolic names to types only where as #define can be used to define alias for values as well, q., you can define 1 as ONE etc.
- typedef interpretation is performed by the compiler whereas #define statements are processed by the pre-processor.
#include <stdio.h> #define TRUE 1 #define FALSE 0 int main( ) { printf( "Value of TRUE : %d\n", TRUE); printf( "Value of FALSE : %d\n", FALSE); return 0; }When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result −
Value of TRUE : 1 Value of FALSE : 0
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